Info: In my post about our brief visit to the distillery I included a couple of pieces of Ardbeg history as it might be handy later. Well, later is now. Due to a friendly challenge to not only find old Ardbeg but quite specifically a 1981 Kildalton, I had to chase down one of the The... Continue Reading →
Info: In my post about our brief visit to the distillery I included a couple of pieces of Ardbeg history as it might be handy later. Well, later is now. Due to a friendly challenge to not only find old Ardbeg but quite specifically a 1981 Kildalton, I had to chase down one of the The Story... Continue Reading →
I did this review about a two years ago side by side so to say with a fellow redditor called kdz13, whom I send a sample of this for his birthday. The quoted words are his, which he granted me permutation to post here. You can find the original reddit post here. This is the... Continue Reading →
Ardbeg | Gordon and MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 1974 | distilled 1974 and bottled 1996 | 40 % | Info: In 1974 Ardbeg still used its own malt, malted in their kiln. Later on they were mothballed (once again) and after that used malt they got from Port Ellen Maltings, like most distilleries on Islay do.Situation: During the Christmas Holidays... Continue Reading →
Info: In my post about our brief visit to the distillery, I included a couple of pieces of Ardbeg history as it might be handy later. Well, later is now. Due to a friendly challenge to not only find old Ardbeg but quite specifically a 1981 Kildalton, I had to chase down one of... Continue Reading →
I had this dram bind as a part of a quite nice line-up of blind samples I had the chance to try two years ago. I spare you the rather long post about it, but if you want to read it all, here is the original reddit post. All I knew going in was that... Continue Reading →
Between the Lore (my reddit review is here – meh! And no my opinion on it didn't improve) and the Lagavulin 8 (will be included in my upcoming Lagavulin review) this is one of last years Islay special releases – so to say. And pretty much yesterdays news. But I've been much busier then I... Continue Reading →
About two years ago, I not only discovered that I like Ardbeg's drams more then I admitted myself before (still not a fan of the NAS everything and marketing mumbojumbo...) but also rediscovered the enjoyment to sit down on the sofa, listening to good music and just loose myself in a dram. To really enjoy... Continue Reading →
Since I finally managed to post my short picture story about our brief visit to Ardbeg, here are some of my older reviews of their expressions. I was always a bit skeptical about Ardbeg mainly because of their marketing, putting out mostly NAS whiskies and the combination of that with a rather self-assured fanbase. I... Continue Reading →
So after we spend the day at Kilchoman and later on the shores of Loch Indaal, we spend the night at the Ballygrant Inn. Beside all the nice drams and food we had, we also decided that it's time to let go of Jimmy as the taxi tours started to eat a big hole into... Continue Reading →
