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Ardbeg Drum Committee Release

Scotch Ardbeg Scotland
  • Distiller

    Ardbeg

  • Bottler

    Ardbeg

  • ABV

    52%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $200+

I tasted this dram blind and then got the reveal at a later time, so keep that in mind as you read through these notes.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 88
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • I do catch a healthy squeeze of orange oil early on as the body builds, but it’s fleeting, providing a quick burst of sweetness that, tragically, fades before you really have the chance to grab hold.
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  • Raided Score: 79
  • Whiskyfun
  • By Serge
  • Did they tell anyone where the rum casks were coming from? It’s okay, it’s just very forgettable in my book, or just whisky for flippers. What was that again?
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • WhiskyCast
  • By Mark Gillespie
  • The taste is smoky and tart with lime, lemon, grilled pineapple, and sweet barbecue smoke that fades to reveal hints of brine and dried flowers.
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  • Raided Score: 87
  • Distiller
  • By Jake Emen
  • The palate is oily, with chocolate, earl grey tea, canned peaches, incense smoke, asphalt, leather, oak, and black pepper.
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  • Raided Score: 80
  • The Daily Pour
  • By t8ke
  • Total peat bomb. It's a bit thin, and a bit hot, but I expect that to pair with what I assume is very relative youth as well.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Cameron Holck
  • There are other rum finished Scotch whisky releases out there, but I haven’t had one with such a peat influence.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Big hit of sweet cream, lime, soap stone, ash and sea air. Fainy iodine, mostly ashy and burning wood. Minerality is real nice.

  • Taste:

    Thin, hot, loaded with ash and smoke. Bready, yeasty, fresh baked cake. Musty, some ash, a bit hot overall.

  • Finish:

    Short, very very ashy, loads of smoke, increasing heat.

  • Overall:

    Total peat bomb. It's a bit thin, and a bit hot, but I expect that to pair with what I assume is very relative youth as well.

  • Score:

    80

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