Ardbeg

Ardbeg Ardcore, Ex-Bourbon Cask, 2022, 46%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 11
Average Score
Avg 71
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Description

Ardbeg Ardcore is a limited edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky released for Ardbeg Day 2022. It is characterized by its use of heavily roasted black malt, which imparts an intense, smoky, and distinctive flavor profile. The whisky is described as tasting 'like biting on a spiky ball'.

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Cask type
Ex-Bourbon Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
Roasted Black Malt
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
Dr. Bill Lumsden
Master distiller (distillation)
Dr. Bill Lumsden
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
N.A
Closure
N.A
Presentation
Punk rock design
Series highlights
Ardbeg Day 2022 Release
Historical context
Fèis Ìle (Islay Festival of Malt and Music)
Special release
Ardbeg Day Release
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Spicy and savoury, with notes of Marmite, charred toast, black chicory coffee, herbal notes, blazing campfire, molasses, tarry ropes, grapefruit zest, toasted bread, menthol, lasting peat reek, espresso, peat smoke, chocolate, green apple, lemon zest, fresh ginger, sweet malt, and crushed seaweed.
Palate
An impressive spicy, fiery flavour, with cocoa powder, dark chocolate, peanut toffee, smoked lime, soot, campfire embers, aniseed, malt biscuits, charcoal, barbecue, ashy flavour, citrus fruits, pineapple, spiced malt, bonfire embers, brine, tart citrus pith, pink grapefruit, wild honey, candied ginger, cracked black pepper, and oak spice.
Finish
A sweet finish, with chocolate, smoke, cracked black pepper, a drying sensation, salty liquorice, leather, cedar, long-lasting bittersweet chocolate, cracked black pepper, smoldering ash, tart green apple skins, chili heat, sweet vanilla, soot, dark chocolate, lingering smoke, and treacle toffee sweetness.
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