A phenomenal whisky packing powerful peaty deliciousness, Ardbeg 10 Year Old is a favourite of many whisky lovers around the world. Produced on the Kildalton Coast of Islay, this single malt matures for a decade before being bottled without any chill-filtration. If you're after a whisky full of coastal air, smoke and more, this is exactly what you want.
A ridge of vanilla leads to mountain of peat capped with citrus fruits and circled by clouds of sea spray.
Sweet vanilla counterbalanced with lemon and lime followed by that surging Ardbeg smoke that we all know and love.
Long and glorious; sea salted caramel and beach bonfire smoke.
Precise balance, big smoke and non-chill filtered. This is why this is such a famous dram.
Colour is just awful, makes you not want do drink that Quite smooth. Unbalanced taste, all i can get is the smoke
Time and time again this proves to be the best single malt under 12 years old
in your mouth
To all amateurs like myself, do not fear the bad reviews for the supposed overpowering nature of this beautiful dram. It is actually more polite than I imagined it would be. Definitely strong and unique in peat and smoke, but not an all-out assault on your taste buds the way a very hoppy IPA (beer) might taste. Maybe my tongue has toned down the extremes from drinking strong beer, but this stuff tasted like leather-menthol sea salt heaven with a little citrus in there for good measure. The nose is stronger than the flavor, I think, so don't let it put you off. Give it a sip and enjoy.
Quite a bit of the iodine smell, can be offputting at first, but when having this dram occasionally, it is tolerable. The peat hits you and you imagine yourself eating a forest fire. The smoke, the bbq meat, the fire. Pretty good stuff, can drink this neat, but not my everyday dram.
