Ardbeg

Ardbeg Scorch, Heavily Charred Ex-Bourbon Cask, 2021, 46%, 75cl

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 22
Average Score
Avg 92
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Description

Ardbeg Scorch is a limited-edition Islay single malt Scotch whisky, released in 2021 for Ardbeg Day. It is matured in heavily charred ex-bourbon American oak casks, resulting in an intense smoky character with notes of soot, smoke, charred wood, and sweet spices. It is bottled at 46% ABV, non-chill filtered, and has no age statement.

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Cask type
Heavily Charred Ex-Bourbon Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
50
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
Dr. Bill Lumsden
Master distiller (distillation)
Dr. Bill Lumsden
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven cork with capsule
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
Ardbeg Day 2021 Release
Historical context
Festivities for Ardbeg Day 2021 were cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Special release
Ardbeg Day 2021 Release; Feis Ile 2021 Release
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Intense aromas of soot and smoke, fragrant peat, dried seashells, brine, sea salt, aniseed, patchouli, steel, saddle soap, briarwood, sage, pine, toasted cloves, sweet peat smoke, charred wood, lemon, honey, golden raisins, apple blossoms, bonfire smoke, vanilla, green pine branches, tar coated poles, cigar smoke, salted caramel, toffee apple sweetness.
Palate
Oily mouthfeel, sweet smoke, charred oak, black licorice, medicinal lozenge, charcoal, burnt wood, caramelised sweetness, clove, black pepper, herbal notes, green olives, candy cinnamon, vanilla pod, pine needle tea, allspice, aging cedar wood, iodine, oceanic driftwood embers, ash, earthy peat, salt, creamy, bold, fruity sweetness, espresso, bitter chocolate, meaty flavour, lemon pepper sprinkling.
Finish
Long and smoky, embers, tar, lingering sweet spice, peat, char, black pepper, brine, cherrywood, rum raisin, persistent, subtle tarry aftertaste, smoky warmth, sweet peat, brine, cigarette ashes, rubber, soot, toasted oak, lemon pepper.
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