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Ardbeg
Scotland
Single Malt
A special edition single malt launched on Ardbeg Day 2014 - a day celebrated both at the Islay festival, Fèis Ìle and around the world. Auri(Gold)verdes(Green) is a name used to refer to Brazil's sports teams (including the football team, of course), but in this case it refers to the golden whisky and the iconic Ardbeg green bottle it dwells within. Striker!
This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!
Smoked bacon, Tarry ropes on a not-long-dry seashore. Loads of Vanilla. Pomegranates, Fizzy-sweets (refreshers, Sherbet Lemons) and Lemon-zest. Not convinced I’d have got Mocha, if not for the autosuggestion, but it’s definitely there now I think about it.
Initially sweet, restrained, more of that bacon, but this time it’s been cured with Muscovado sugar and maybe a touch of Juniper? Progresses through the inevitable onslaught of peat, but it’s there in a slightly different way – more ‘high’, medicinal phenols than we've come to expect with Ardbeg. From the palate alone, I’m not even sure I’d peg this as Ardbeg – I might be tempted to go two distilleries further down the coast…
Long. Cocoa, Charred corners of a pulled pork butt, becomes more ashy as it fades, but clearly from good honest casks albeit with charred heads.
It’s good. Funnily though, as the spirit’s not being bombarded with finishes/extreme cask-techniques the difference between this and the 10yo is strangely pronounced. There are palpable elements of Bowmore, and Laphroaig in this dram, whilst it does absolutely retain the overall Ardbeg character we know and love. To my mind that’s a good thing.
I had the same experience as the contributor on 31 May. Total waste of a day trying unsuccessfully to buy a bottle on the Ardbeg website. The same fiasco as last year. The guys at Ardbeg seem to put their budget into marketing when they should do something about their underpowered website. Hoping for better luck with Master of Malt later in the month. Ardbeg used to be a very user-friendly distillery with helpful staff - now it is impossible to telephone and they don't answer emails. Too busy counting their money probably.
Also wasted a day on Saturday on the Ardbeg website. Kicking myself as could have made my way to an Arbeg Embassy and picked one up in person as I did last year for my Ardbog. Anyway, I will have to wait until the 20th then. Fingers crossed
It will indeed be the 20th June, sadly. Keep an eye on our Twitter account (@masterofmalt), as we'll announce it before it goes live. --The Chaps at Master of Malt
was at the Scotch Whisky Experience and Kenny our barkeep said he'd grab one if he could find one and had been looking online...asked around negative...today Royal Mile Whiskies had it! pounced! back to the room...wow! too notch - full of character - peat vs bacon!
I would not know what it tastes like, wasted a day on the Ardbeg website trying to buy a bottle...
