Ardbeg
Islay / Scotland
- Distillery bottlings 132
- 0000 1
- Adelphi Distillery 1
- Darkness! 2
- Douglas Laing 21
- Duncan Taylor 2
- Elements of Islay 11
- Gleann Mór 1
- Gordon & MacPhail 13
- Holland Whisky Association 1
- Hunter Laing 6
- Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd 5
- Mackillop's Choice 1
- Malts Of Scotland 5
- Master of Malt 4
- Murray McDavid 3
- North Star 1
- Private Cellar 1
- Sestante 2
- Signatory 3
- Silver Seal 1
- Spirit of Scotland 1
- Taste Still 1
- That Boutique-y Whisky Company 9
- The Maltman (Meadowside Blending) 1
- The Ultimate Whisky Company 1
- Whiskybroker 2
- William Maxwell & Co. Ltd 3
- Wilson & Morgan 1
- WM Cadenhead 5
Distillery bottlings
Ardbeg 30 year old 1966/1997
Ardbeg 2005/2018 cask 1321
Ardbeg 1975/2000
Ardbeg 1975/2005 Feis Ile 2005 cask 4704
Ardbeg 1975/2006 cask 1375
Ardbeg 1976/1999 cask 2391
Ardbeg 1976/2000 Committee Release cask 2394
Ardbeg 1976/2008 cask 2397
Ardbeg 1990/2007 cask 86
Ardbeg 1995/2010 cask 2761
Ardbeg 1998/2009 cask 1275
Ardbeg 1st Fill Madeira Barrique cask 2643
Ardbeg 2000/2010 cask 1217
Ardbeg 2013 2nd Fill Manzanilla Butt cask 272
The story of Ardbeg
History
The early days of distilling: If the stories are to be believed (and why not?), the inhabitants of Islay had been enjoying the effects of 'strong wines and aquavitae' for years before the Ardbeg distillery was established. Even attempts to suppress the unruly islanders with a heavy malt tax could not deter illicit distillers and smugglers operating around Ardbeg's rocky cove. This was perhaps an inevitable consequence for a remote island, so difficult for the excisemen to reach, yet blessed with an abundance of natural resources needed for producing whisky - fertile soil, peat bogs and unlimited supplies of soft peaty water. Somehow, against a backdrop of raiding Norsemen, inter-island clan battles and English taxation, Ardbeg emerged as "unquestionably the greatest distillery on earth."Who would believe that back in 1981, the distillery fell silent and was mothballed, with only very small scale distilling resuming in 1989. Between 1990 and 1996, it opened and closed with monotonous regularity, before finally closing, seemingly for good, in 1996. Fortunately in 1997, to the delight of fans all over the world Glenmorangie plc rescued Ardbeg and a team of dedicated souls set about repairing and reviving the distillery (not to mention repainting it!).