A small vial of Ardbeg whisky is coming back to earth after spending nearly three years aboard the International Space Station. Ardbeg shipped unmatured single malt and bits of charred oak to the ISS in October 2011 where it spent the next three years orbiting the Earth at 17,227 mph 15 times per day. The […]
Alas, Ardbeg Day is behind us for another year – but the World Cup is still going strong – and Ardbeg and World Cuyp go together like peat and whisky…
Like nearly everyone else on the planet, the Ardbeg Distillery is getting excited for the upcoming World Cup and they have gone so far as to release a special limited edition Auriverdes single malt whisky in honor of the worldwide sporting event. Auriverdes [translating to “golden” and “green” – which just so happens to be […]
This final article summarizing my recent Islay vacation will focus briefly (a promise I commonly make and constantly break – this time it will be kept) outline my thoughts of the Ardbeg distillery. The reason for its brevity is simply that we didn’t go for a full distillery tour. As I mentioned in my previous […]
Boring, meek, shallow, average, foul – these are all antonyms to the words that would best describe Ardbeg’s outstanding Uigeadail expression, which sits before me as I write this very review, smothering me with its luxurious peaty smoke. This isn’t the first Ardbeg review I’ve written (keen readers may remember by previous brown-nose reviews of […]
You may have heard of them before, a little distillery called Ardbeg on the coast of Islay. As I was talking to my dear friend a day or two ago, I mentioned that I was writing a review of Ardbeg Blasda. A good memory being one of his finer qualities, he asked why I’d chosen […]
Out driving my Mazda, I went past an Asda, I stopped for some pasta, But spotted some Blasda! Now home from Asda, Getting tipsy quite fast(a). Alright, I may not have a career writing lyrics, poetry or rap (though I do think the above would make a good rap tune, compared to what they’re normally […]
I won’t be going in to too much historic detail of the distillery for once, as there is just too much to say about the whisky itself (and the path Ardbeg have walked us down in getting to this expression). Fear not, though, I will no doubt review other Ardbeg expressions in the future and […]