Cloying smoke, farmyard funk, creosote, tarry rope, pungent sweetness — Ardbeg unrestrained
Bittersweet surge, ashy coal dust, cardamom, peppermint, coffee grit, dark chocolate, mentholic eucalyptus
Long, sooty, medicinal — bitter cocoa
Ardbeg Heavy Vapours — first ever without the purifier. Committee 2023. 50.2%.
Cloying smoke and creosote nose. Coal dust and cardamom palate. Sooty cocoa finish. Darker, dirtier Ardbeg.
Heavy Vapours earns an 8 — darker, dirtier, weirder Ardbeg at £130. Committee geeks love it. The purifier-free experiment.
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