7,000+ Whiskey Database
Price
$110
Liquor
Ardbeg 1998 Chieftain’s for Binny’s
Type
ABV
56.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Mellow buttery and rich nose, warm cinnamon toast, Flowers and white peppers
Taste
Spicy with peppers and cinnamon, tarry notes, flowers, kumquat, and some herbal notes
Finish
Lingers with some smoke, ash and fudge.
Price
$393
Nose
Bold notes of savoury fennel, celeriac and roasted tea leaves, charcoal and lightly burnt toast
Taste
Salted peanut brittle, smoked pineapple and lime juice, rich fudge, birch tar and peat smoke crash down wildly
Finish
Long. Savoury and smoky notes collide in a sharp, intense
Liquor
Ardbeg 20 1974 Spirit of Scotland
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Notes of spice and pepper. Hints of lime zest, manuka honey and mixed herbs. A little cocoa butter.
Taste
Rich peat smoke and iodine. Sticking plasters, fiery wood smoke, linseed oil and dried herbs.
Finish
Long finish with mixed peels, lime zest and herbs.
Price
$45
Nose
Sherbet lemons, crashing waves, rock pools and gravelly smoke, singed caramel and a touch of creosote. A briny core is balanced by spiced toffee and candied lemon peel.
Taste
Rich and thickly textured, smoky toffee, leafy bonfires and a touch of mint chocolate, lime notes, with cinnamon heat and more chocolate
Finish
Aromatic resin, stained wood and creosote. Sweet lime and gravelly smoke roll in and slowly fade to reveal lime fruit gums.
Price
$85
Nose
Runny honey, golden syrup, lindt chocolate and toffee inched forward but a meaty note, cured smoked gammon and heather soap soon
Taste
Scorched heather, green tea, ginger nuts, witch hazel, fresh mint and eucalyptus
Finish
Long finish
Price
$245
Nose
Tary and fruity aroma, heather honey, ripe
Taste
Sweet and smoky taste, chili, anise, mango, toffee, juniper berries
Finish
Long, smoky and malty end.
Price
$800
Nose
A beautiful, sumptuous but curious mix of tarry smoke, Ardbeg ice cream and black pepper.
Taste
An intense, peppery, ‘fizzy’ mouthfeel gives way to rich flavours of liquorice/aniseed, marzipan, toasted rye bread, charcoal and peppermint.
Finish
Long and lingering, but quite gentle, almost soothing, with more coal tar, aniseed and smoky butter.
Price
$783
Liquor
Ardbeg 21 Master of Malt 1992
Type
ABV
42.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Vanilla, complex fruit, peat, wolf berries and graham lay a solid foundation for some lighter notes of yellow cake, leather.
Taste
Vanilla, muddled fruit, spice, peat, yellow cake and old wood are all that I’m picking up.
Finish
Long, fruity and peaty with hints of smoked meat, spice and wood.
Price
$497
Liquor
Ardbeg 21 PX Finish Darkness
Type
ABV
40.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Musty wood, burnt leaves, burnt cinder toffee, oily peppered mackerel, manuka honey and sooty peat.
Taste
Soft mouth feel, sweet olives, sweet buttery oak, vanilla, lexia raisins, nutty, blackcurrant, Cadbury fruit and nut chocolate bar, mocha sweetness
Finish
Long, dry but also leaves a residual sweetness, aromatic, incense and orange zest.
Nose
Peat fields, salt spray, burnt earth, rotting kelp
Taste
Leather jerky, oily creme, vanilla, iodine, astringent oak
Finish
Charred meat, campfire smoke, long
Price
$797
Nose
Peat fields, salt spray, burnt earth, rotting kelp
Taste
Leather jerky, oily creme, vanilla, iodine, astringent oak
Finish
Charred meat, campfire smoke, long
Nose
A beautiful, sumptuous but curious mix of tarry smoke, Ardbeg ice cream and black pepper.
Taste
An intense, peppery, ‘fizzy’ mouthfeel gives way to rich flavours of liquorice/aniseed, marzipan, toasted rye bread, charcoal and peppermint.
Finish
Long and lingering, but quite gentle, almost soothing, with more coal tar, aniseed and smoky butter.