Nose
Lemon, tar, and a bright peat.
No. 3126 · Single Malt
Ardbeg Distillery Exclusive
Ardbeg · Islay
Visitors and festivals have been sold cask-strength Ardbeg that never joins the core range. Treat the bottle in front of you as the fact. This entry only marks that the category exists.
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- Distillery
- Ardbeg
- Country / region
- Scotland · Islay
- Style
- Single Malt
- Year of release
- Ongoing
- Age statement
- No fixed age
- Bottles made
- A distillery-shop or festival bottling. Each cask is its own outturn, so this record is the category, not one invented cask number.
- ABV
- Usually cask strength. It changes with the cask.
- Cask type
- A cask chosen for the distillery shop or a festival. The wood is on the label.
- Approximate value
- About £60–£150. Approximate, and not an offer.
Tasting notes
Palate
The palate follows the nose: lemon, tar, and a bright peat, with the wood and the proof deciding the weight.
Finish
Medium. The grain or malt fades and the cask stays a little longer. A different bottling in the same line will not taste identical.
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