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Ardbeg Ten Years Old

Scotch Ardbeg Scotland
  • Distiller

    Ardbeg

  • Bottler

    Ardbeg

  • ABV

    46%

  • Age

    10 Years

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Ardbeg Ten Years Old is the core expression from the brand. Produced in Ardbeg, Scotland, its aged in ex-bourbon casks and non-chill filtered.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 92
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Gavin Smith
  • The palate yields full-on hot peat, pipe tobacco, black coffee, licorice, and more chocolate.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • The Daily Pour
  • By t8ke
  • Gentle, complex, nice and peaty. This smoky dram is a great value and brings a lot to the table.
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  • Raided Score: 87
  • The Whiskey Jug
  • By Josh Peters
  • The Ardbeg 10 year is a good solid Islay whisky that is a reliably tasty treat. It’s relatively cheap and enjoyable; has a nice smoky, buttery, salty and fruity nose; a tasty, albeit slightly flat, flavor and a finish that lingers warmly.
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • Distiller
  • By Stephanie Moreno
  • ...please, if you haven't already, dive head first into this dram. We live once.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • Beautifully balanced despite the heavy peat influence, it remains one of the most essential Islay whiskies — and an essential whisky that is required drinking for anyone who wants to form a base understanding of single malts.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • Whiskey Consensus
  • By Jake Youst
  • I would drink this both neat, as well as use it in cocktails. Don’t let the color deceive you, it is a lot more complex than it lets on. Ardbeg really set a high standard with this as their flagship Single Malt!
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • Whiskyfun
  • By Serge
  • The month is not over but Ardbeg 10 will possibly be March’s bang-for-your-buck bottling. Because in my little tasting book, Ardbeg 10 is simply back to…
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  • Raided Score: 100
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Joshua St. John
  • Ardbeg 10 Years Old is on the short list of whiskies I would personally recommend for stocking a home bar — any home bar.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Yep, there it is. Big smoke. Less refined than the Corry but still very smokey and peaty. Its less overwhelming but also more smokey than peaty. Im getting a good amount of char, maybe even a little mud. It reminds me of a good ATV ride in the backwoods - this would be an excellent camping dram. After, theres a tiny bit of vanilla and sweetness.

  • Taste:

    Theres a ton of smoke here. Burnt marshmallow. Theres a little peat as well. Im picking up some muted astringent plastic notes? Theres some more smoke, actually theres just a lot of smoke. I wish I could pull more out of this but this one is proving difficult for me.

  • Finish:

    The finish is really quite long. Its warm, and theres more alcohol burn/tingle as opposed to the Corry but its not overpowered or punishing in the least. This is where I notice the smoke most - I felt like I had been standing next to a bonfire for quite sometime after I finished this dram. Theres a little more plastic but not enough to be distasteful.

  • Overall:

    Gentle, complex, nice and peaty. This smoky dram is a great value and brings a lot to the table.

  • Score:

    85

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources