7,000+ Whiskey Database
Price
$430
Liquor
Ardbeg 1974 Signatory Cask 657-658
Type
ABV
51.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
bonfire, peat and smoke, cigar tobacco, little citric, old books, spices, pepper.
Taste
Oily, fruity, citric, smoky, peaty, tobacco, honey, good sweetness, yellow fruits.
Finish
Medium long, warm, zesty, herbal, peaty (less smoky)
Price
$2258
Liquor
Ardbeg 1974 Signatory Vintage
ABV
60.7%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Toffee, sweet, clotted cream, old leather furniture, musty, wax, olive oil, subtle smoke, saline.
Taste
Stewed fruits, oily, citrus, seashells, slight smoke, sea spray, malt.
Finish
Toffee, oily, Long
Price
$1002
Liquor
Ardbeg 1974 Spirit of Scotland
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very honeyed and quite caramelly, with quite some pollen, then wood smoke and toasted brioche, garden bonfire.
Taste
Citrusy (kumquats) and a little peppery, with hints of violet sweets.
Finish
Little weak and the finish is quite short
Price
$1653
Liquor
Ardbeg 1974-1994, Spirit of Scotland
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very honeyed and quite caramelly, with quite some pollen, then wood smoke and toasted brioche, garden bonfire.
Taste
Citrusy (kumquats) and a little peppery, with hints of violet sweets.
Finish
Little weak and the finish is quite short
Price
$600
Nose
old wooden medicine cabinet, mineral oil, smoked cherry syrup, old dried herbs
Taste
Subtle medicinal note, burnt cherries.
Finish
Billowing subtle smoke, nice pepper note
Price
$1334
Nose
Sweet and floral. Not only is there some heather in there but also a hint of lavender.
Taste
Attached to this peatiness is a quite delicious and teasingly slow build up of cocoa as the oak again superbly interacts with the phenols.
Finish
Long, almost never-ending finish with the peat refusing to leave the stage.
Price
$51
Nose
Old walnuts, a little rubber, ham
Taste
Pine resin, thick cough syrup, liquorice, peat, tar and orange marmalade and then spices (cloves, rosemary, nutmeg, cinnamon –lots – and pepper).
Finish
Very long, concentrated, maybe just a tad rubbery and oaky
Price
$1262
Liquor
Ardbeg 1976 Connoisseurs Choice
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Full of sweet toffee, perfumed, polished oak wood, honeyed, bourbon vanilla wood, vanilla essence.
Taste
Caramel and toffee on the palate too, gingerbread; cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, polished oak wood, baked apple.
Finish
Medium-short, more dark and caramelised sugars perhaps a touch of earthy peppermint and chocolate orange.
Price
$10880
Liquor
Ardbeg 1976 Single Cask 2398
Type
ABV
51.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Some wax and some rancio, plus lots of burnt rubber and alcohol and hints of orange marmalade.
Taste
Lots of roasted coffee beans too.
Finish
Cooked apple, compote, clove, orange marmalade.
Price
$1715
Nose
Cinnamon,dessert sweetness is uncovered with lemon curd and bitter almonds followed by vanilla.
Taste
Sweet and scented with milk chocolate, mandarins and parma violets.
Finish
Very long and scented with woodsmoke, mandarins and cocoa.
Nose
Very fine, ashy peat.
With aeration a little citrus.
Pepper, eucalyptus, almonds.
Taste
Oilier, more herbaceous,
Lemon, candied and in zest. Orange, quince.
Pepper, light salted butter caramel.
Barbecue smoke.
Finish
Longer, on ashy peat, smoke, pepper, a very light bacon, and graphite.
Price
$1853
Liquor
Ardbeg 1978 Spirit of Scotland
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very fine, ashy peat.With aeration a little citrus.Pepper, eucalyptus, almonds.
Taste
Oilier, more herbaceous,Lemon, candied and in zest. Orange, quince.Pepper, light salted butter caramel.Barbecue smoke.
Finish
Longer, on ashy peat, smoke, pepper, a very light bacon, and graphite.