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The youngest and most peaty whisky in the Ardbeg range, this Single Malt Wee Beastie is full of power, perfect for smoky cocktails.
45,90 €In StockArdbeg Traigh Bhan 19yo: peated, aged in sherry & American oak casks. Notes of chocolate, citrus, spices & smoke. Bottled at 46.2%.
299,00 €In StockArdbeg 10 Years Old is the standard expression of the distillery. Quite famous, it is one of the most peated and smoky Islay Single Malt.
52,90 €In StockThis Single Malt, An Oa, includes all the complexity of the Ardbeg whiskys with, in addition, a contrasting roundness brought by a particular aging.
59,90 €In StockThe limited edition Ardbeg Drum will be available in limited quantities from June 1, 2019 on the occasion of Ardbeg Day. The appointment is made.
285,00 €In StockAs a result of aging in intensely toasted red wine barrels, the new limited edition Ardbeg Grooves develops powerful and peaty aromas of smoked spices, apples and pears.
295,00 €In StockArdbeg Scorch is the new edition of Ardbeg Day 2021, a whisky that was formed with the support of a dragon!
195,00 €In StockArdbeg presents with Kelpie a peated Single Malt that has matured in new oak casks, made with cultured oak trees close to the black sea.
295,00 €In StockA 14-year-old inspired by a legend and great emblem of Scotland and the Isle of Islay: the unicorn.
145,00 €In StockArdbeg Blaaack is the new edition of Ardbeg Day 2020! What does this long-awaited new edition have in store for us? A magnificent whisky aged in Pinot Noir barrels.
250,00 €In StockWith Ardbeg 25 years old, the Islay distillery presents its oldest Ardbeg whisky. An annual edition in very limited quantities.
1 330,00 €In StockBatch 3 of the famous 19 year old Ardbeg Traigh Bhan, incredibly balanced, with its ageing in American oak barrels and in Sherry Oloroso barrels.
395,00 €In StockThis 4th edition of Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Year Old is available in extremely limited quantities.
295,00 €In StockOn the now famous Arbdeg Day, the distillery has launched a new 2014 limited edition: Auriverdes!
179,50 €In StockNew 2024 edition of Ardbeg, Spectacular offers a unique taste experience for a symphony of balanced smoky nuances.
125,00 €In StockDistilled in 2000, Ardbeg Y2K blends peat, sherry, and bourbon in a bold yet balanced expression. A historical revival in a bottle.
750,00 €In StockArdbeg offers a sublime Peated Single Malt of 19 years with this new Traigh Bhan expression. The whisky has rich and seductive notes.
595,00 €In StockArdbeg Heavy Vapours is the new 2023 edition of Ardbeg day. A more powerful and spicier whisky with a distillation carried out without a purifier.
135,00 €In StockBatch 5 of Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 years old takes you on waves of tropical fruits and herbaceous notes all coated in a beautiful peat characteristic of Ardbeg.
299,00 €In StockA sublime new version of the Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 years old, all in balance and power, to reveal with great class, the character of Ardbeg.
395,00 €In StockArdbeg Grooves, a peaty whisky with red fruit, caramel & dark chocolate notes, aged in deeply charred casks. Bold and intense, 51.6%.
295,00 €In StockArdbeg Scorch is the new edition of Ardbeg Day 2021, a whisky that was formed with the support of a dragon!
195,00 €In StockFirst edition commemorating Ardbeg Day, celebrated in more than 150 countries worldwide, with a rare bottling, this edition is quite appreciated by the experts for its delicate complexity and peat smoke.
L’Ardbeg Galileo celebrates a pioneering study on molecular-level maturation carried out on the eponymous space probe.
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Located on the South-East coast of the Isle of Islay (South-West Scotland), the Ardbeg distillery (“small headland” in Gaelic) was officially established in 1815, when whisky became legal in Scotland. But the location had been known for decades to hide “smugglers”, clandestine distillers who crafted the best malts. The clandestine still of Ardbeg was set up in 1794.
A special kind of chemistry
Located a few miles away from the beautiful Celtic Kildalton Cross, Ardbeg is one of the last remaining “Kildalton distilleries”. Just like Laphroaig and Lagavulin, it is constantly battered by the winter storms that hit the south coast of the island.
A rare fact in Scotland, Ardbeg has always owned a malt-house with a specific feature: the malt drying towers weren’t equipped with ventilators. Hence, the peat smoke was even more concentrated during barley roasting. The malting areas have been operating until 1977. If the malt-house is no more in use today, the Ardbeg distillers impose the same standards to their malt suppliers. The water used by the distillery is extremely pure and also peated, as it comes from the Loch Uigeadail owned by the distillery. As the cellars sit by the sea, close by the quayside, they are laden with the iodized sea breeze.
The incredibly peated and smoky character of Ardbeg Single Malt originates also from the malts used in the whisky making, offering great concentration of phenolic substances. Above all, the malt has been enhanced by the distillery’s specific device, as the stills are equipped with a “rectifier” located at the top of the column. This device rejects only the heaviest elements that return in the vat, and keeps only the lightest vapours, with the most refined and powerful flavours. This is why all of Arbdeg Single Malts are characterized with this elegant peated body which is nowhere to be found but here, in Ardbeg. Ardbeg has been, for a long time, the most peated Islay malt.
Ardbeg rises again
At the end of the 1970’s, the Ardbeg distillery, property of the MacDougall family since its foundation, experienced a tumultuous episode with several periods of closure as the owners changed. This explains why Ardbeg Single Malts became scarce on the market. But when Glenmorangie purchased the distillery in 1997, Ardbeg rose again.
Stocks preserved on site were rediscovered, the iconic 10 year-old Ardbeg Single Malt with its black label, distilled when the production started in 1989, is launched, and the production increases tremendously as of 1997, marked by the release of many new exceptional malts.
Ardbeg became recognized as a rare and unique distillery within a few years, thanks to the knowledge of Bill Lumsden, Master Distiller and creator, which rebuilt Ardbeg and made it an iconic brand famous in the whisky world. Innovations, experiments and limited series fostered renewed enthusiasm amongst collectors and fans, as shown by the tremendous echo surrounding each limited edition releases on Ardbeg Day, celebrated worldwide on the last Fèis Ile Saturday. After Ardbeg Day 2012, Ardbog 2013, Auriverdes 2014, Perpetuum 2015 that marked the 200 years anniversary of the distillery, fans are delighted with the arrival of Ardbeg Dark Cove, celebrating the smuggling past of the distillery, heritage of the history of how Ardbeg truly began…