Peat peat delicious smoke. Excellent balance from the powerful peat nose through the smoky-but-sweet body to the smoky-spicy finish that lasts nice and long.
Mild, slightly peaty nose. Oily in the mouth, peaty but smooth. A momentarily strong finish falls off pretty quickly, but then maintains for awhile. Overall a pretty good whisky, but not remarkable.
Nose is weak, with a hint of peat. Taste is smooth, easy, even buttery at first -- but it goes nowhere. Pleasant and likable, but totally forgettable. A little peat helps the finish. But this does very little for me.
Hard not to like. A sweeter peat smoke -- lots of it, but light in style. Makes me think of white smoke rather than dark black. A nice sweetness underneath. There are other better Islays, and Ardbegs, but its so drinkable.
A straight up classic from Islay. I love the earthy peat and dusty, almost metallic background that young Ardbegs have. I always keep a bottle of this around and I look for specific batches (bottle codes) to be sure that I get a good one.
n: peaty and medicinal, full-on phenols with more tar and rubber on top. Maritime with seabrine and smouldering beach fire.
t: follows nose with a bit of floral in the middle. Phenols and BBQ meat initially. Very tarry with a salty, medicinal body. Oily in the mouth and intense with a bit of pine resin at the end. [B-/B]
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