Ardbeg 1994 17 Year Old Murray McDavid

Ardbeg Auriverdes

Ardbeg - what can I say. Personally I'm tiring of the hype a little bit. Committee this and super special committee that and silly prices. But anyway.... This was sampled along with a number of much older Ardbeg's at our recent tasting session. Is it good? Yes. Personally I prefer it over the Uigeadail. Nose: Well it's all tars and engine oils,...

Score 88/100

Ardbeg Uigeadail

Ardbeg is undoubtedly one of the most well-known and beloved malt whisky distilleries in the world. Founded by Alexander Stewart, Ardbeg’s first record as a distillery dates back to 1794, and commercial production began in 1815. During its long history the distillery was closed down on a number of occasions only to be reopened again by new owners...

Score 89/100

Ardbeg Blasda

A friend of mine recently bought a bottle of this and was kind enough to let me have a dram. The wording around the traps on this bottle has been a little mixed. Even those who quite like it tend to say things like it isn't very Ardbeg-'like.' THe blurb you see repeated everywhere that this is an experiment with lower peating levels, being peated...

Score 80/100

Ardbeg Uigeadail

It's been a while since my last review. And to be completely honest I wasn't feeling up to it. Don't know why. Just being plain lazy, I suppose. I would sit down with something and then decide to just drink it for the pure enjoyment of it. No notes, nothing. So it needed something special to get me off my lazy ass and put pen to paper. And so I...

Score 93/100