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Ardbeg 10 Year Old Cask Strength<\/strong>\u00a0is being released this month.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The standard Ardbeg 10 Year Old<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is already one of the most revered peated whiskies<\/a> on the planet. And whisky<\/a> drinkers, as a rule, also adore their Ardbeg<\/a>, so this is big, big news.<\/p>\n

A cask strength Ardbeg 10 Year Old appeared in Japan back in 2003, promptly vanished, and has lived on as a sort of smoky folklore ever since. This new release is finally giving people exactly what they have been asking for, loudly, for years. And also a likely response to how difficult the current market is. Nothing like a bit of siphoning stock of the whisky you’re most likely to have a surplus supply of and marketing it as something shiny and new. Not that I’m complaining.<\/p>\n

It’s also a significant first for new distillery manager Bryony NcNiven, now committee co-chair alongside master blender Gillian MacDonald. Both are so sound you’d think they hailed from Jura’s coast, so I’m made up for them.<\/p>\n

\"Gillian

Gillian MacDonald and Bryony NcNiven with the new release<\/p><\/div>\n

Ardbeg 10 Year Old Cask Strength Launches<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ardbeg Ten Cask Strength is matured exclusively in American oak bourbon barrels and bottled non-chill filtered at a formidable 61.7% ABV. The official notes describe it as a “peaty paradox”, with rich smoke and sea spray giving way to a natural, rounded sweetness.<\/p>\n

It will be released on 24 February at \u00a375. Given we sell the standard 10-year-old for \u00a340, it’s on the steeper side, but it’s broadly in the same range as Laphroaig and GlenAllachie’s annual 10-year-old cask strength releases (depending on the edition), and in a market where people are releasing spirit that is only just legally whisky in that bracket, it’s not outrageous.<\/p>\n

Particularly as the whisky itself is great. This is the Raw Power<\/em> Iggy Pop and The Stooges foretold. Everything is mighty in this Ardbeg, the smoke, the sweetness, all the strange and sublime things in between. In a very basic sense, it’s what I wanted it to be. Job done.<\/p>\n

Will Ardbeg 10 Year Old Cask Strength ever become a permanent fixture? Probably not. A man can dream. Here’s a full tasting note.<\/p>\n

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Here it is: Ardbeg 10 Year Old Cask Strength<\/p><\/div>\n

Ardbeg 10 Year Old Cask Strength Tasting Notes:<\/b><\/h3>\n

Nose: <\/b>Wow, that\u2019s so big and oily, it\u2019s only a matter of time before the US wants a piece. Ancient, pagan peat leads, earthy, smouldering and seawater-soaked. There\u2019s a sweet, shellfish coastal quality, like a fresh-pulled lobster trap or a bucket of cockles, mussels, and prawns straight from a seaside vendor. Citrus comes from fresh lemon juice and lemon sherbet sweetness, with a note of marmalade for good measure. Aromas climb over the top of each other: burnt brown bread, creosote, mulch, roasted hazelnuts, bramble berries dripping in their own syrup, and a side of gammon charred on the grill. It\u2019s fucking feral, frankly, and makes the original 10 by comparison appear as this measured, graceful drop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Palate: <\/b>The oily, spicy weight of spirit charges onto your palate with sweetness* and more tarry smoke. Dark fruits and a kind of burnt molasses note add a thick syrupy layer of goodness that doesn\u2019t hide the farmyard funk and maritime mayhem that pulses away underneath. Wet leather, chorizo, lanolin, cough sweets\u2026 You could taste a tonne of things here if you kept at it long enough. But always at the core is that fruity sweetness and rich smoke you expect from Ardbeg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finish: <\/b>There\u2019s warmth from toasty cinnamon pastries and coolness from a refreshing spray of eucalyptus, and more smoke and sea billows over the whole thing. Minutes of finish here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*The unctuous kind that makes you want to say the word \u2018unctuous\u2019 over and over again to let the sweetness pool in your tongue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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