Ardbeg Corryvreckan Whisky 70cl

Peat and iodine on the nose, chased by alcohol and salt spray. Echoes of the treacle toffee mines linger.
Musty ropes and burnt peat in the mouth both fore and aft. Hard toffee dropped in the seaweed. Subtle burn on the finish.
You look out to sea whistfully over a burning fire. The perfect marriage of Laphroaig and Bruchladdich dances o'er your toungue. Your drenched clothes start to dry as the curses which made the air blue settle; life aint so bad after all.

Corryvrecken is the whisky against which I judge all others. Clean, strong, peaty. No sherry cask softening. There is little for a reasonable cost that can beat it.

I have an octomore that equals it ( at nearly twice the price) and an ardbeg committee release ( dark cove) that possibly beats it ( but impossibly rare and unreplaceable). Once had a £25 yr old special release Talisker that was up there ...but at £1000 a bottle it doesn't really count.

Unbeatable as a buyable Islay.

It's amazing how tastebuds and opinions and appreciation changes.This being a prime example.My first purchase of this was when I had covid and my tastebuds were mangled!Now I truly can appreciate this rather wonderful expression from Ardbeg.Just watch the clip above and description on the bottle,spot on!

I love to be proved wrong,I initially tried this after recovering from covid my taste buds mangled.I did not appreciate the complexity and said it was like a Willy Wonka chocolate bar,it is! So wonderful,medicinal,chicken flavor crisps,toffee wrapped bandages,mind bending and memory drenched,it is beautiful !

The Oogie sherry bomb is not for everyone's palate, but Corryvreken here is certainly a contender for the best core range Islay, arguably even on par with some of the Octmore's - it's that delectable.

Son suggested this amongst 3 options for his birthday present, and he was delighted that we chose this one. It was also delivered to me ahead of predicted time, so a win all round!

Ridiculously good

Picked up another bottle of this at duty free last week having finished the previous bottle over the course of about 18 months. The start of the first bottle was quite sharp, but by the end of it was absolutely sublime, sweet and smokey and very complex with all sorts of flavours coming through, nutmeg, burnt caramel, some blackberry and redcurrant. The best bottle of whisky I've ever had.

The start of this new one is all tyre smoke and overly sweet. I've seen lots of reviews saying ardbeg are inconsistent but I've not experienced it until now. I added a drop of water to the first dram and it made it undrinkable. Left neat in the glass for 30 minutes and it drank like it was closer to 50 than 60abv. In short, I've no idea what's going on but if you like confusion then get yourself some.

Overpriced and,in my opinion,over rated. This is like a Willie Wonka chocolate bar.All flavors overwhelm,the dark fruit finish is,for me,unpleasant.For alot less you could enjoy Port Askaig 100%,Mactalla Mara,or for the price two bottles of Wee Beastie for the price of this.

This doesn't compare to the Uigeadail at all. It's got a severe alcohol bite, and don't know what this reviewer was drinking...but no peat at all. Unpleasant. The Uigeadail is currently my favorite single Malt; and this one is far inferior to it. Too bad.