Part-matured in virgin Black Sea oak casks as well as standard American oak ex-Bourbon casks before being masterfully married together to produce this Kelpie expression by Dr. Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). We reserve the right to immediately and without prior notice deactivate, suspend and/or terminate your account if you do not abide by the Terms, if you act unlawful, if you do not act or use the Service in good faith, or if you cause any harm whatsoever to the Service, to other Members, to other persons or to us.

We have the right to ask you to provide proof of your age and/or to provide further identification to prevent underage usage and/or for any other legal or legitimate purpose. This is the limited edition Committee release of Ardbeg Kelpie, which was only available to Ardbeg Committee members when it was launched in 2017. You can read those older posts for more talk about this iconic Islay distillery, the Ardbeg Twenty-One review in particular. We have the right to transfer, assign the license granted by you to us, or grant licenses and sublicenses to our licensees, or have and allow them granting sublicenses to licensees to any other parties.

Post navigation ← Springbank Local Barley 11 Year Old (2006-2017) Another new Highland Park whisky: Highland Park Full Volume 47. The whisky boasts intense flavour, offering a peppery palate, with hints of spice, toffee and vanilla, finishing on a black olive note. Waves of spicy, black pepper with water, creamy coffee notes bubble to the surface, along with Ardbeg's classic pine resin and smoked fudge. Nose: A wonderful, intense, ‘dancing’ nose, with lots of different, intertwined aromas – powerful, oily peat, dark chocolate, smoked fish, hints of seaweed, and a curious, sharp herbal note. Following the 2017 Ardbeg Committee release, the Ardbeg Kelpie is a limited edition bottling from the renowned Islay distillery.

Fresh citrus on the palate, with honey and delicate peat smoke, rolling around to more citrus and a touch of mint on the finish. ex Vat) € 500,00 (in Vat) more info Ardbeg 15 Years Old Dun Bheagan Cask 794 / 800 48% 1994 € 198,35 (ex Vat) € 240,00 (in Vat) more info Ardbeg Galileo 49% 1999 € 285,12 (ex Vat) € 345,00 (in Vat) more info Ardbeg 12 Years Old Chieftain's Choice 1783-90 43% 1998 € 165,29 (ex Vat) € 200,00 (in Vat) more info Ardbeg 30 Years old Very Old Ardbeg 40% € 1. There’s a bit of a lemony note as well which reminds me of the middle bits of a lemon hard candy after you’ve gone through the slightly sour layers. Seemingly lasting forever, with deep, deep, almost subterranean flavours of clove, tar and rich toffee. When Bry Simpson, Canada’s Ardbeg Brand Ambassador, provided me a sample of the regular Ardbeg Kelpie release, I had the opportunity to do a comparison between the two.

ex Vat) € 260,00 (in Vat) more info Bunnahabhain 9 Years Old Staoisha Infrequent Flyers Cask 800076 55. There was also a limited edition of this expression made available for Ardbeg Day, during the islands whisky festival, bottled at a lower strength. Any investment and purchase made, or action(s) taken based upon (information in) the Service may and will involve significant risk (such as, but not limited to loss, total loss). A combination whiskies aged in virgin Black-Sea oak casks and bourbon barrels, this is rich and intense with notes of pepper, treacle toffee, Turkish coffee, dark chocolate and smoky bacon.

This lot is being sold by either; 1) a non-UK seller or 2) a VAT Registered Business, and is therefore subject to VAT. Tend to agree with Todd on the dilution question, though I’m glad we got to try this one at full-strength. Noses a wee bit younger than you’ld expect from a 10 year, but the bright, complex spirit is full of baked pears, sherry richness, touches of ginger and white pepper and a pleasingly drying puff of smoke at the close. Finish: Seemingly lasting forever, with deep, deep, almost subterranean flavours of clove, tar, and rich toffee.By using the Service, and by creating an account you represent, warrant and confirm that you are of legal age. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide to us in relation to your account, and for updating it where necessary. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. While wood from different locations will give off slightly different flavors, I have to wonder if this is more of a marketing ploy than anything else as the end result just seems to be a fairly standard set of Ardbeg flavors. Ardbeg distillery was officially founded in 1815 by Duncan Macdougall, although it’s thought that the distillery was making spirit before then. V. (“Whiskybase”, “we” or “us”, company details below) offers a whisky enthusiasts online platform that provides its members access to the most comprehensive, transparent and trusted resource of whisky bottles and allows and stimulates its members to contribute information about whisky bottles to the platform (“Service”).Over time, the nose is getting darker, I recognize my raisins, but also fish oil, rustic oak, very heavy. And this whisky from has then been married with regular bourbon cask matured Ardbeg and bottled for Fèis Ìle 2017 at 46%. There's some iodine and rubber, with seaweed too, but the sweetness is the prevailing characteristic here.