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.
I am not a regular drinker. Usually go for Rye & Coke, Rye & Ginger or recently Rum & Coke. I tried my Son's tecent purchase of Ardbeg 10 and fell in Love with it's flavour ! While he almost regrets buying it because he finds it wierd tasting. He is going to try and mix it. My wife finds it tastes & smells awful ! But after the first couple of tastes I fell in Love with this Scotch ! I have been converted over to Scotch ! I have found something worth drinking !
Not bad, but not as good as the Laphroaig staples like the Lap 10 and QC.
Aromatic!
~ this early 2020 / late 2019 bottling is quite a bit nuttier and saltier than the bottle I had last, in the early Spring of 2018, a bottling which was slightly sweeter and more vanilla forward. Let me say that the Ardbeg 10 is at its core a distinctly refined and nuanced dram, not a 'dirty' ill-tempered one, and one with a great amount of soft subtlety, but I am relishing the more teeth-clenching tenacity on display at present. Very nice. thank you.
This whiskey was a bit too hot and smokey for me. I'm typically an Irish whisky drinker, so I was a bit surprised when I poured myself a drink. If you're into the medicinal and burnt wood taste, this is a whisky for you. I'll stick with my good old friend, redbreast 12.
