Ardbeg / 1976, Single Cask Committee bottling

Ardbeg

1976, Single Cask Committee bottling

ABV 51%
REVIEWED Issue 39

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Specifications

Brand: Ardbeg
Expression: 1976, Single Cask Committee bottling
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 51%
Country/Region: Scotland / Islay
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Awards

Recommended
Issue 39

Tasting notes

Taster Gavin D. Smith

Nose: Assertive, with soot, dry sherry, raisins and claret.
Palate: Dry, lots of smoke-both wood and peat, aniseed and fishermen's ropes.
Finish: Long and loud.
Comment: A 'no bones about it' Islay whisky, and a fine example of Ardbeg.

8.8

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Mature, liquorous and sweet. There's prunes, coffee grounds, cream sherry and dried mushroom; funkier notes of moss, creosote, bung cloth, resin and chimney smoke. A big bugger.
Palate: Immediate, all-enveloping smoke. Rich, mature with good grip: dried fig, turf, nuts. Mellow.
Finish: Big, intense, smoky. Touch of rubber.
Comment: Not exactly discreet...but it's Ardbeg!

8.5

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Ardbeg Distillery, Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Islay, Scotland

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