Islay

Airigh Nam Beist 1990 is a delicious vintage bottling from the ongoing success story that is Ardbeg. Sadly now discontinued due to exhausted stocks, ‘the Beist’ was an extremely popular Ardbeg, with assertive and powerful peatiness and a lovely honeyed edge. This is the 2006 release.

Ardbeg’s Alligator is a no-age-statement experimental malt, bottled at 51.2% ABV after a full 10-year maturation in new American oak barrels that had received the alligator char treatment. This ‘alligator’ malt was then vatted with an undisclosed quantity of the standard 10 year and married for an additional year. That makes it approximately ...

Airigh Almost There is the 3rd and final release in a series containing younger bottlings. This was released in 2007 after aging 9 years.

The 2013 Ardbeg Day whisky is called Ardbog, released on June 1st initially as an Embassy exclusive. Taking inspiration from their last few releases, this is a down to earth whisky, concerned with the history uncovered as you dig deep into the peat bogs of Islay. The whisky is a vatting of 10 year old spirit, some matured in bourbon casks and...

Auriverdes is a special edition single malt launched on Ardbeg Day 2014 – a day celebrated both at the Islay festival, Fèis Ìle and around the world.

Auri(Gold)verdes(Green) is a name used to refer to Brazil’s sports teams (including the football team, of course), but in this case it refers to the golden whisky and the icon...

A traditional meeting place for peat lovers, the Ardbeg day of the famous Islay distillery is also an opportunity to unveil a new experimental edition.

In 2020, Ardbeg announces a new bottling named “Blaaack” to celebrate the 20 years of the Ardbeg Committee. A whisky aged for the first time for Ardbeg, in Pinot Noir barrel...

In 2008 Ardbeg launched Blasda, which stands for ‘delicious and tasty’ in Gaelic, as a mildly peated Islay, ideal for those who disapprove a very heavy smoky taste. Initially considered as part of the regular range this soon was discontinued nevertheless.

Launched for Feis Isle 2016 Ardbeg Dark Cove is the darkest Ardbeg yet, matured in ex-Bourbon casks.

This limited-edition single malt from Ardbeg distillery – Drum – was released for Ardbeg Day, during Feis Ile 2019. Matured in ex-bourbon casks and rested in ex-rum casks, this is a funky, flamboyant whisky. The nose is full of ripe banana, pineapple, cocoa and woodsmoke aromas, with hints of fresh ginger, cinnamon and lavender developing slo...

Ardbeg Galileo, named after the famous Italian Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer Galileo Galilei, is a 12 year old Islay, distilled in 1999 and bottled June 2012 in a limited batch of 15000.

Launched for Feis Isle 2018 Ardbeg Grooves is a mellow, wine-cask matured, Islay. Grooves refers to the grooves in the surface of these heavily charred barrels.

The Ardbeg Kelpy has been created for the 2017 Fèis Ìle, regular Ardbeg matured in Black Sea virgin oak casks. Skerry Stuff!

This is the limited edition Kildalton 2014, released as part of a partnership between the distillery and The North Highland Initiative.

Released in 2015 to celebrate both Ardbeg Day and the distilleries 200th anniversay, this is a no-age statement Islay whisky.

Released in 2015 to celebrate both Ardbeg Day and the distilleries 200th anniversay, this is a no-age statement Islay whisky. This is a higher strength special edition, limited to 12000 bottles and initially only available at the distillery.

The Ardbeg Rollercoaster was officially released on February 15th 2010, launching in the UK and US markets. This whisky was bottled at 57.3%, and it contains casks from 1997-2006, with the breakdown of cask types and percentages listed below:

1997 Cask: 2nd fill – 9.5%
1998 Cask: Refill Hogshead – 12.2%
1999 Cas...