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Ardbeg 17 Year Committee Exclusive

Scotch Ardbeg
  • Distiller

    Ardbeg

  • Bottler

    Ardbeg

  • ABV

    40%

  • Age

    17 Years

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Ardbeg 17 Year Old Committee Release Islay Single Malt Scotch is a limited-edition whisky aged for 17 years in oak casks and bottled at 40% ABV. It's produced by Ardbeg Distillery, which was founded in 1815.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 85
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • Honestly, there’s a lot of rebuke for a whisky this old being bottled at 40% ABV, but it works just fine.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • Modern Ardbeg fanatics accustomed to an overload of peat may not get the fuss here, but there’s something to the idea of Ardbeg writ small that works.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Heavy, acrid diesel character. Slate, rubber, black pepper, apple, butter, pear and some burning ashy wood.

  • Taste:

    Moderate palate with sweet honey, lemon butter, butterscotch, toffee, apple butter, burning wood and minerality.

  • Finish:

    Long finish. Pleasant balance of sweetness and acidity, with gobs of ashy smoke.

  • Overall:

    Honestly, there’s a lot of rebuke for a whisky this old being bottled at 40% ABV, but it works just fine. This release shows that well-aged Ardbeg can still have a pleasant complexity to it.

  • Score:

    85

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By T8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources