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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (nearly) each day tastings. Santé! |
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November 25, 2021
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We’ll quickly do the core vary once more (the Ten, Uigeadail, Wee Beastie, Corry, NOT the An Oa…) however within the meantime, a few newish indies only for sport…
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Ardbeg 2008/2021 (57.8%, The Maltman, first fill PX sherry butt end, cask #1634, 573 bottles) 
One other loopy bottling by some loopy bottlers for some loopy whisky lovers in loopy Taiwan. Whereas this might be loopy PX… Color: amber. Nostril: plainly somebody’s determined to smoke some bacon over burning tyres. Whereas one other particular person has distilled strawberries and rose petals and poured the top outcome into the combo. Some very tarry PX. With water: enormous soy sauce, even an thought of natto (horror of horrors to this nostril however some pals whom I deeply respect adore it), then some sulphury mushrooms and actually quite a lot of soot. To be sincere, the cask tamed Ardbeg; it will have tamed Octomore too. Mouth (neat): holy featherless crows! This one’s not straightforward to explain, some overripe strawberries are roaming the place for positive, whereas some salted rotting bananas would have joined the dancing after simply three seconds, along with the moistest pipe tobacco and certainly a sriracha-kind of softish chilli sauce. I instructed you, onerous to explain. With water: Ardbeg, or Laphroaig and Lagavulin for that matter, plus sherry, particularly onerous PX, would typically generate a sense of sulphury rubber and even, effectively, bits of SM outfit. I might think about… Not a straightforward beast for positive. End: lengthy and far saltier. Worcester sauce and strawberry jam. Feedback: spectacular, bestial and brutish. So quite superior (ha) however maybe not completely for lovers of Ardbeg au naturel.
SGP:567 – 87 factors. |
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Ardbeg 20 yo 2001/2021 (51.4%, Elixir Distillers, Whisky Present London 2021, Adventures in Flavour – Phenolic Phantom) 
An exquisite label that doesn’t take itself too severely, that is very refreshing. BTW I am glad I can do this one formally, we have been all so glad to fulfill one another once more on the Present that there is been rather more banter, hugs and camaraderie than any ‘critical’ whisky tasting. As a result of, pals rise over whisky, at all times! Color: gold. Nostril: teak oil, ointments, bitter almond oil, olive oil, pure hevea, inexperienced bananas, capers, carbon mud (brake pad), clayish mud… This one positive is quite totally different, and presumably rather less easy-easy than others. With water: indoor swimming pool, Woolite, chalk, new tyres, bandages and linseed oil. It is a wrestler. Mouth (neat): bites you a wee bit, being greenish, mentholy, bitter, a tad rubbery too… Some salty lemons too however this positive is not any traditional, ‘common’ Ardbeg. With water: certainly, rubber, additionally artisanal amaretti and a big glass of retsina. This bitterish child would go away marks in your tongue, do you have to quaff an excessive amount of of it. End: lengthy, a lot saltier and extra medicinal now, however at all times with these bitter almonds and this wee peppery rubber, particularly in direction of the aftertaste. Feedback: I do completely love this, it is simply that it’s completely not ‘regular’ Ardbeg. Newcomers: it might not be essential to go to these extremes. Your name.
SGP:377 – 89 factors. |
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