Ardbeg Single Cask 11 Year Old, First Fill Bourbon Barrel Cask, Cask #5824, 2019, 56%

Since its establishment in 1815, The Ardbeg distillery has been on a tumultuous rollercoaster ride of ownership changes, closures, and reopening. Stability was only achieved relatively recently, when the ailing distillery was purchased in 1997 by industry giants, Glenmorangie. The subsequent years have seen the distillery's popularity swell, with fans enticed by the signature style of tarry, sooty ... This is a very rare single cask release, distilled on 24th December 2007 and bottled in June 2019. It was matured in a first fill bourbon barrel and was available exclusively to attendees of select Single Cask Dinners held at the distillery.