7,000+ Whiskey Database
Price
$315
Nose
Peat, smoke, a bit sherry, smoked bacon, cinnamon, minty and fresh in the background, chlorine like in a swimming pool
Taste
Peat, a bit smoke, peat sweetness, a bit vanilla and creamy
Finish
Vanilla, peat sweetness, sweet herbal tea with a bit licorice, more peaty than smokey, a bit oak at the very end
Price
$98
Liquor
Ardbeg SMWS 33.109
Type
ABV
55.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sultanas, peach, caramelized oranges, toffee.
Taste
Dark side of sherry, sweet alternates withpretty salty.
Finish
Long
Price
$250
Nose
Peat, honey, orchard fruit, grassy hay like malt and a malty sweetness that runs through the aroma like a support beam.
Taste
Crisp peat, honey, orchard fruit and vanilla cut a path across the palate, leaving an easy path for notes of spice, malty sweetness, smoked meat.
Finish
Peat, vanilla, fruit, spice and smoked meat on a long fade.
Price
$190
Nose
Stale ashtrays, wax crayons, poor quality roman nougat, smoke,, organic, mineral notes.
Taste
Ash. Smoke. Immediately drying. Bitter chocolate. More ash and tar. Salt licorice.
Finish
Very dry finish, hints of burnt matchsticks.
Price
$373
Nose
Rich and big sherry! Leather, dusty smoke, furniture polish and wet cardboard.
Taste
Dry, ashy and concentrated smoke, but it also has a juicy zing to it.
Finish
Black pepper as well now. Clean smoke, dark and dry sherrywood in the finish.
Price
$200
Liquor
Ardbeg SMWS 33.134 “Peat roasted pig Hawaiian style”
Type
ABV
60.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Charred meat, charcoal, and earth.
Taste
Full-bodied and rich with meat, barbecue sauce, and mellow maritime notes.
Finish
Lingering dry earthy sweetness studded with notes of salt and ash.
Liquor
Ardbeg SMWS 33.143 “Thank you and goodnight!”
Type
ABV
59.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Deep dark meaty peat, imbued with a fat richness.
Taste
Dark chocolate, coffee, and rich lapsang souchong.
Finish
Very long, earthy and toasty.
Nose
Peat, caramel, vanilla, fruit and honey come through nicely with a bit of melon, lightly malted sweetness and overcooked sugar cookies.
Taste
Peat and dried fruit dominate with solid notes of honey, spice, vanilla and caramel coming in behind and some light mint on the tail.
Finish
Medium and peaty with notes of fruit, smoked meat, malt and mint.
Nose
Malt, vanilla, minerality, smoke, graham, herbal, honey, saline and coastal notes.
Taste
Malt, vanilla, minerality, smoke, orchard fruit, vanilla taffy, honey and saline.
Finish
Long -> Smoke, malt, minerality and fruit.
Price
$685
Nose
Lime zest & black pepper, creamy peat, and creamy vanilla ice cream by the sea. Some ash, soil & tar, and a little spirit-y bite
Taste
Big peat, lovely creamy peat, dry, hot ash, a touch of chilli chocolate, more lime and black pepper too, and a slight hint of pineapple.
Finish
Long! Starts with the dry, hot ash and black pepper, then that gorgeous creamy peat comes to the fore.
Price
$747
Liquor
Ardbeg Supernova 2010
ABV
60.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Smoky wet wool nose, subtle aroma of sage, milk, chocolate, chestnut and seaweed
Taste
Tar smoke, moorish palate, spicy, chilly, woody heat is wonderfully subdued and tamed by oily, salty chocolatees notes
Finish
Long finish
Nose
Sea spray, sour cream, grass and mint. Straw follows along with coal smoke.
Taste
Orange peel leads, with damp earth, peat smoke, liquorice, cherries and bitter dark chocolate.
Finish
Orange peel leads, with damp earth, peat smoke, liquorice, cherries and bitter dark chocolate.