Ardbeg 1978 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

incredibly complex. Sharp sea salt, seaweed, bacon, and honey (butter?) nose. Peat smoke, sweet salted nuts, chocolate and coffee, slight hint of orange zest and wow fudge? with a very long, spicy sweet finish with smoke and pepper. An Awesome Ardbeg.

Score 95/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Nose: Creamy smokiness, zesty tang of lemon and limes, earthiness, strong peat, slight saltiness. Palate: Oily, buttermilk, strong expresso milk coffee, burnt toast, peat and smoke builds, keeps a creaminess, slight notes of dried pears and banana, some spices of cinnamon and nutmeg. Finish: smoky earthiness, milky coffee, slight roasted nuttiness...

Score 88/100

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

I've been putting off writing whisky reviews on here for a long time. I think the two main reasons for that is being 1) I didn't have enough faith in my own ability to do it properly, and 2) reviewing beer is many times easier than whisky. My bottle of Ardbeg Corryvreckan (L10 168) spent a long time as the big and scary, yet unopened peat monster...

Score 91/100

Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old

Realised to commemorate a couple of vials of Ardbeg been shot into space and onto the international space station to observe how whisky ages in low gravity environments. Nose: The peat smoke is quite heavy and think much smokier then last years limited release the alligator, has hints of peach, Mellon and apricot like fruit sweetness. The vanilla...

Score 90/100