Ardbeg Drum

 

 

 

46°

Distillery : Ardbeg - Islay

Ex-Bourbon Casks and Ex-Rum Finish

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2019

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured

Peated around 54 ppm

 

 

 

The Feis Ile 2019 limited edition was finished in rum barrels. Launched in June to coincide with Ardbeg Day as usual, it sold out in less time than it takes to drink a bottle.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

Gritty and vegetal peat. Pungent grasses on muddy gravel. Thick, choking smoke. Black, oily earth. A hint of citrus fruit stuck in a charcoal trap. As the minutes go by, the sweetness of the rum emerges, but remains discreet. Then a certain balance is achieved, between lemon and peat. On the palate, the sweetness is quickly overtaken by fairly strong spices, ginger, coriander and white pepper. Citrus zest. The finish is full of charcoal, but rather short. Mandarin.

 

In Short, 

To my knowledge, this is the distillery's weakest limited edition. The profile is quite similar to An Oa, only a little better, but at the same time it costs two or three times as much. People will tell me that it's not their fault that people are snapping it up, but in my opinion, if you're successful, you make sure you live up to it. That's not the case with this edition in any case.

Score : 87

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