The name Ardbeg means as much as ‘little hill’. It is located at the southern coast of the whisky island Islay between Port Ellen and Kildalton. The location already has been popular for illegal distilleries. After a history with ups and downs including temporary close-downs the distillery was inherited by Glenmorangie PLC in 1997, which were themselves bought by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy in 2004. Today it is one of the most famous distilleries in Scotland, known for its smokey, peaty and salty bottlings with strong note of phenol. Two bottlings are named like the lakes the water of the distillery comes from: Loch Arinambeast and Loch Uigeadail. In 2015 Ardbeg celebrated its bicentenary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SINGLE NO:3308 CASK<\/strong> UNIQUE CASK HISTORY<\/strong> DR BILL’S PERSONAL TASTING NOTES<\/strong>
\nA creamy, zesty Ardbeg with a savoury twist<\/p>\n
\nWinding surprising savoury aromas around classic creamy notes this rare single malt is a delightfully different take on Ardbeg Distilled In 2002, its smoky balanced spirit was laid down in a second till bourbon barrel selected to balance subtle wood flours with Andbeg’s complexity Aging patiently in a warehouse. it might have been destined for one of the Distillery’s classic bonings. But when De Ba Lumsden tasted this outstanding whisky he knew it demanded a different puth. Wholly aged in that cask for more than 18 years his creation has finally come of age. Augmenting the Distillery’s signature notes of cream line and pine with an intriguing savoury edar Cask No 3308 is an Ardbeg with a remarkabletwist<\/p>\n
\nCOLOUR:<\/strong> Bright gold.
\nAROMA: A singilar bouquet, both cremy and unexpectedly savoury, with gentle musity hints. A splash of water reless more classic Ardbeg notes of tbol, carbolic soap, sty line and pine resin, with a hint of ses
\nTASTE:<\/strong> Fowerfully peppery on the palate, with ware of tar, soot, aniseed and a suggestion of old fashioned boiled sweets favoured with cinnamon and peppermint.
\nFINISH:<\/strong> Creamy, sweet vanilla noten from the cask balance delectably with Ardbeg’s peaty intensity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":110952,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2304,2258,2508,10242,2204,2276,2170],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-111078","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-ardbeg-en","product_cat-distilleries-en","product_cat-islay-en","product_cat-regions","product_cat-scotland-en","product_cat-single-malt-en","product_cat-whisky-en","pa_bottling_date-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_cask_type-2nd-fill-hogshead-ex-bourbon-barrel-en","pa_country-schottland-en-2","pa_destillation_age-18-en","pa_destillation_date-2002-en-2","pa_region-islay-en","pa_whisky_bottler-destillen-original-abfuellung-en","pa_whisky_bottler_series-keine-angabe-en-2","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n