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ARDBEG

Established: 1815
Status: Working
Location: Port Ellen, Isle of Islay
Visitor centre: Yes
Website: www.ardbeg.com



• 10 Years Old (old bottling, L?)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (94 points)
(Nose 24 points: earthy, smoky / Taste 24 points: smoky, peaty, full-bodied / Finish 23 points: long finish / Balance 23 points.)

SGANARELLE: No! I tell you I'll have nothing to do with it and it's my
word that goes. I'm the master her.
MARTINE: And I'm telling you that you'll do exactly what I say. I didn't
marry you to put up with all your nonsensical goings on.
SGANARELLE: Oh! The misery of married life! How right Aristotle was when
he said wives were the very devil!
MARTINE: Just listen to the clever clogs - him and his stupid Aristotle!
(Moliere: The doctor despite himself)




• Supernova, 58.9%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (93 points)
(Nose 25 points: peaty, sauna stove, ether, very smooth / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, smooth peat, smoky, tobacco / Finish 23 points: long and smoky finish / Balance 23 points. Don't need water!)



• Uigeadail
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (93 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 23 points: very smoky, band-aid, sea / Taste 23 points: smoky, peaty, full-bodied, salty, sea (rocks on the beach) / Finish 23 points: long and smoky finish / Balance 24 points.)



• Ardbeg 1996, Aged 10 Years, d 10/1996, b 10/2006, 50%, one refill Hogshead DL Ref 3058, 1/331 bottles (Old Malt Cask, Douglas & Lang)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (91 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 21 points: smoky, spicy, not too strong / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, smoky, charred log, tar / Finish 24 points: long and very nice burning tarry log finish / Balance 23 points.)



• Airigh Nam Beist 1990
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (91 points)
(Colour: pale gold / Nose 23 points: smoky, smoke-sauna, peaty, herbs, fruity, raisins / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, smoky, salty, fruity / Finish 23 points: smoky, long finish / Balance 23 points.)



• Corryvreckan, 57.1%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: pale amber / Nose 23 points: soft smokiness, fruity / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, smoky, strong, salmiac, seaweed, water brings fruitiness / Finish 22 points: long, smoky and fruity finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Rollercoaster, Committee 10th Anniversary Edition, 1997-2006, 57.3%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: cider / Nose 24 points: soft and mellow smoke, band-aid, bonfire, burning log / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, smoky, sea, seaweed / Finish 22 points: smoky and long finish / Balance 22 points. Smooth whisky.)



• Aged 11 Years, d 7/1998, c #1037/1039, 1053/1062, 1960/1961, 1972/1973, number of bottles 5076, b 10/2009, 46% (Chieftain's, Ian MacLeod)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points)
(Colour: pale gold / Nose 23 points: smoky, tar, peat, smooth / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, smooth, smoky, tar, tervapastilli / Finish 22 points: long, smoky and tarry finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Almost there, d 1998, 3rd release 2007, 54.1% (1998-2008)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points)
(Colour: white wine / Nose 22 points: smoky, moss, burnt heather / Taste 21 points: full-bodied, smoky, peat, oily / Finish 23 points: long and burned finish / Balance 22 points.)



• 10 Years Old (L7 323 14:11 14ML)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points)
(Colour: white wine / Nose 21 points: smoky, peaty, sea, seaweed / Taste 21 points: smoky, peaty, musty, full-bodied / Finish 22 points: long and smoky finish / Balance 22 points.)



• 10 Years Old, Mor (L8, 4.5L bottle)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points)
(Colour: white wine / Nose 21 points: smoky, peaty, sea, seaweed / Taste 21 points: smoky, peaty, musty, full-bodied / Finish 22 points: long and smoky finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Ardbeg 1975, d 1975, b 2003 (Connoisseurs Choice, Gordon & McPhail)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 21 points: blueberry, smoky, soft, peaty / Taste 21 points: medium-bodied, smoky, oaky / Finish 23 points: long finish / Balance 20 points.)



• Alligator, 51.2%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (83 points)
(Colour: golden hay / Nose 20 points: leather, smoky, sea, tar / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, salty, salmiac, tar / Finish 21 points: long, tarry, salty and salmiac finish / Balance 20 points.)



• Blasda, 40%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (83 points)
(Colour: cider / Nose 21 points: sweet, floral, winey, salty, hint of smoke / Taste 20 points: spicy, malty, medim-bodied / Finish 21 points: medium, tobacco finish / Balance 21 points.)



• Renaissance, d 1998, b 2008, final release, 55.9%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points)
(Colour: white wine / Nose 20 points: pungent, smoky, salmiac, peaty, neo amisept, slightly smoky, disappointing. After water: peaty scents coming up / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, smoky, tar, peat, medicine. After water: became very disappointing, no taste at all / Finish 18 points: short and smoky finish / Balance 19 points.)





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