Single Malt
Scotland
No
Yes
This stunning expression from Islay's Ardbeg distillery on the Kildalton Coast is named after a nearby loch (pronounced "Oog-a-dal"). It's the perfect example of how sweet and savoury notes can work together spectacularly - you'll find Ardbeg's maritime salinity intact here, combined with dried fruit notes imparted by time spent in sherry casks. Kind of like when you mix sweet popcorn and salty popcorn together, it results in something absolutely wonderful.
Multifaceted, notes of peat and little flourishes of dark sugar, freshly ground espresso beans, cereal notes and a most sophisticated tar.
Led by sweet, ripe fruit and black forest honey. A good helping of malt. The throne then usurped by a powerful peat and smoked barley.
Very long, caramel and malt weave their way through peat smoke and dark sugar and just a hint of fresh espresso coffee before it finally peters out.
Such deft balance! How wonderful to sample Ardbeg so beautifully complimented by sherry.
Yes - Ardbeg is hyped and everthing was better "the old days". That said, The Oogie is great value for money.
more milk chocolate and raisin, but corryvreckan is even BETTER with so MUCH welcoming pine sweet darkness and you come in another way. WUF, both are good. i think there is some older stuff in corry, in this something VERY young. and paprika in this more even, and yes green it is. corry is beast this is feast. forgive me, i havent reviewed many:=
To pour it away is a waste of whisky regardless of the price, a true whisky drinker would at least try to find a friend that enjoys it and let them have it. As for saying that people who like this clearly don't drink such high end drinks as you is to not understand the spirit of whisky. If you like it you like it, great stuff. If you don't that's fine too, it doesn't mean it's necessarily a bad quality whisky, it's just not to your liking.
Have always thought of myself as a no-peat whisky aficionado as I generally don't like strong peat (a bit of smoke absolutely) but thought I would try this as, you know, I don't want to miss out. I have to say that I was extremely impressed - the peat was powerful but did not overwhelm the richness and complexity. This is a different beast to Ardbeg 10yo, which was far too medicinal for my taste, and will definitely be getting my hands on a bottle of this is the very near future.
I have tasted many 'high end tipples' as you call them, and I find the Uigeadail of very high quality regardless of the price. It is actually better than most 200- 400 pound bottles of Ardbeg that I have had. It is far better than super nova, Alligator and even Galileo. I feel you may have been trolling, but if not, you should really stop paying so much for whiskey as you obviously dont understand it.
