7,000+ Whiskey Database
Price
$450
Liquor
Ardbeg 1991 Old Malt Cask (Cask 5120)
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Lemon, shellfish (clam shells), marshmallow whip topping
Taste
Golden syrup of peaty joy.
Finish
The sugars really come out in the finish, really coats the mouth.
Liquor
Ardbeg 1991 Old Malt Cask (Rum Finish)
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Initially sweet, before the anticipated tar and leather.
Taste
Soft, aromatic and fruity – runs to phenolics.
Finish
Tar, creosote, leather, runs long and dry.
Price
$402
Liquor
Ardbeg 1991 Signatory (Cask 622 & 623)
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet, tangy rum (Agricola), grassy, licorice, metallic, lemon
Taste
Very light, minimal peat (vegetal), sweet, tinned pineapple, white pepper
Finish
Oaky, sweet and sour, tart smoke, marmalade
Price
$361
Liquor
Ardbeg 1991/2001 Murray McDavid
Type
ABV
55.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sea breeze and citrus notes, slightly peated and salty, fresh, hints of cardboard, dried orange peel, wood
Taste
Peat sweetness, honey and carnation as well as white pepper, hints of tart dry wine mixed with heavy spirits as well
Finish
Very long, hot and spicy, peaty and warm.
Price
$402
Nose
Peat, buttery fruit, honey, earthy malt, minerality and saline dusted with bits of cinnamon, clove and vanilla.
Taste
Honey, fruit, peat, roasted grain, vanilla, salted buttered bread and light notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, minerality and saline.
Finish
Long peaty drawl of melon, buttery fruit, saline and roasted grain.
Price
$350
Liquor
Ardbeg 1992 Sovereign (for k&l)
ABV
49.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Vanilla, malty sweetness, orchard fruit, peat, saline and spice, notes of honey, baked goods and an earthy woody undertone
Taste
Citrus taffy, peat, spice, fruit and salt come through nice and warmly. Notes of light and dark sweets like vanilla, caramel, honey, toffee
Finish
Long and fruity and peaty and sweet and spicy and woody.
Price
$433
Liquor
Ardbeg 1993 Cadenhead’s
ABV
53.7%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Salt, licorice, tar, floral and mineral, citrus, seaweed, sea. phenolic peat, herbs, stick vegetables
Taste
Oily, immediately mouth filling, smoke plays with the citrus and floral notes, sea salt and white pepper, mineral.
Finish
Tar, ash, celery, pepper, medium length
Price
$368
Liquor
Ardbeg 1994 Murray McDavid
Type
ABV
56.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
A beautifully sweet, spicy nose with hints of turmeric, pine needles, a little cut hay, vanilla and malt, with sweet smoke and warming cinnamon.
Taste
Lime juice, toasted malt, marzipan, slabs of warm peat, sweet, oily smoke and honey.
Finish
Ginger, nutmeg, soft smoke and chilli heat.
Price
$2090
Nose
Heavy phenolic, fresh and sweet peat smoke, band-aid, some tropical fruits (pineapple, banana)
Taste
Peat smoke, maritime (oysters), mineral and some citrus fruits, peach and vanilla.
Finish
Quite narrow and austere: heavy and ashy peat, some citrus fruits emerge.
Price
$450
Liquor
Ardbeg 1996 Connoisseurs Choice
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet phenols with an oily note-germolene. Hints of ozone and smoked kippers.
Taste
Smoky, ashy with a rounding sweetness. Some birch-wood and mossy flavours. A strong carbolic note develops.
Finish
Long, sweetness remains with some briny, ozone notes developing.
Price
$110
Nose
Charcoal, light smoke, leather, Germolene and well-fired rolls – behind that, lemon zest, peeled twigs, nettles and subtle floral perfumes
Taste
Ash, coal, burnt sticks, maple-cured bacon, sweet smoke, citric freshness
Finish
Delicious sweetness and warm spices
Nose
Peat, tropical and orchard fruit, toffee, honey and spice, complexity from some light notes of saline and cherry pie.
Taste
Peat, muddled fruit, vanilla frosting and a spicy herbalness glide, some light notes of wood and a tart creamy citrus.
Finish
Medium fade of peat, smoked fruit and smoked meat that ends in a sweet and lightly woody.