Tar, soot, pine resin, dark chocolate, treacle, sea-spray — classic Ardbeg amplified
Peat smoke and spice juxtaposed with creamy vanilla and milk chocolate
Linseed oil, sherry hints, creosote, tar — anniversary Ardbeg
Ardbeg Perpetuum — 200th anniversary 2015. Lumsden vatting. Bourbon + sherry. 47.4%.
Tar and pine nose. Peat and chocolate palate. Linseed and sherry finish. Past, present, future.
Perpetuum earns an 8 — balanced and complex anniversary Ardbeg at £85. Honours the distillery's past beautifully.
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