Ardbeg Ardcore Limited Edition Scotch Whisky

Ardcore is Ardbeg made with black malt — barley roasted to the point of stout — the Ardbeg Day 2022 release at 50.1%, punk-themed, and the smokiest dark-chocolate whisky the distillery has made. Ardbeg has distilled on Islay's Kildalton coast since 1815 and was rescued by Glenmorangie in 1997 — LVMH owns both now — with Dr. Bill Lumsden directing the whisky; every year the distillery releases a limited edition for Ardbeg Day at Fèis Ìle, and Ardcore was 2022's. It's Ardbeg's peated spirit distilled from a portion of heavily roasted black malt — the kind brewers use for porter — matured in ex-bourbon casks and bottled at 50.1% without chill filtration. More Drams, Less Drama: bold peat, dark malt, and chocolate dominating — solid, 6 out of 10. The Whiskey Wash's review finds the roasted malt reading as espresso, cocoa nib, and burnt toast under the smoke. Expect an Ardbeg that noses like a smoky stout — dark chocolate, coffee, charred bread — over the house tar and lemon, with a long, bitter-sweet, sooty finish. Honest note: nobody else has made a black-malt Islay, and the Ardbeg Day bottles are one-year runs — for the beer-geek Scotch drinker, the Ardbeg completist, and the winter fireside. Neat, with water. Ardcore, 2022.

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