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91Excellent

Ardbeg 2006 Airigh Nam Beist

Scotch Ardbeg Scotland
  • Distiller

    Ardbeg

  • Bottler

    Ardbeg

  • ABV

    46%

  • Age

    16 Years

  • Price $200+

This was a review done courtesy of a friend and I reviewed it live on the Whiskey Network Discord server, then got the reveal in order to fill in relevant details here.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 92
  • Distiller
  • By Thijs Klaverstijn
  • Well-integrated start, as the nose is soft with gentle notes of smoked bacon, subtle peat and whiffs of rubber.
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  • Raided Score: 91
  • Whiskyfun
  • By Serge
  • Excellently sharp – a great, great surprise, this new Ardbeg!
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  • Raided Score: 91
  • WhiskyCast
  • By Mark Gillespie
  • A lingering nuttiness comes out as the spices fade, with an overall smoothness that is almost creamy. The peatiness lingers into the finish with a slight ashiness.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • The Whiskey Jug
  • By Josh Peters
  • Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist is amazing. Sweet smoky dessert nose, powerful complex and nuanced flavor and a long tasty finish you don’t want to end.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • The Daily Pour
  • By t8ke
  • Overall, this was a super cool dram to review, especially blind, given how much of a legendary status this dram has commanded since release.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Vanilla, cream, sour fruits. Lactic, barn yard. Faintly smoky, lemon tart, pepper.

  • Taste:

    Medium, some heat, rich vanilla. Ashy smoke, burning wood, pepper, lemon, apples and pear cobbler. Faint rotting fish.

  • Finish:

    Long, ashy, some heat, burning, charred wood. Vanilla, some molasses. Not super complex here but boy is it peaty.

  • Overall:

    Overall, this was a super cool dram to review, especially blind, given how much of a legendary status this dram has commanded since release.

  • 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