Ardbeg Single Malt Whisky

A very, very rare Ardbeg from Gordon & Macphail's Connoisseurs Choice series. This was bottled over 15 years ago in 1995 and distilled nearly five decades ago back in 1964 when the distillery was still very old-fashioned, using direct fired stills and its own floor maltings. A slice of history.

An old single cask Ardbeg 1973 bottled from a bourbon hogshead for the Italian market in 2004.

Part of the first bottlings for the Ardbeg Committee in 2000, this single cask is from a 1976 batch of sherry casks that took Ardbeg's reputation into the stratosphere.

An sherry butt of Ardbeg from the legendary 1976 batch, this rare Ardbeg was bottled for the Feis Ile in 2004.

A single cask release of Ardbeg 1974 for the UK market, this time a mere 93 bottles from a bourbon cask. We are told there are very few old casks left at Ardbeg for this kind of bottling, so this may be one of the last released on these shores.

An old cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single bourbon cask for the Belgian market in 2006.

A very very rare 1960s Ardbeg, bottled at natural strength (42.6%) by distinguished Edinburgh bottlers Cadenhead's at the end of the 1990s.

A single cask 1973 vintage Ardbeg bottled by Kingsbury at 47.4%. This picked up an incredible 94 point average from the Malt Maniacs, with the lowest score from any of the tasters being an excellent 90/100.

An old single cask Ardbeg 1972 bottled in 2003 for the Italian market in 2003. This was perfectly described as an 'old glory' by Whiskyfun's Serge Valentin, who gave it 95 points.

An sherry butt of Ardbeg from the legendary 1976 batch, this rare Ardbeg was bottled for the Feis Ile in 2002. "...It simply doesn't get better than this...just one of those drams of a lifetime...a bloody incredible dram. 96 points" Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2004

The famous Ardbeg 'Manager's Choice' bottling is a single sherry cask from 1976 selected by Stuart Thomson for sale at the distillery in 1999.

A very very special bottling, this is a vatting of the two oldest casks that were left at Ardbeg and comes in a suitably hefty 'museum piece' box. You even get some soft white gloves to caress it with.

Ardbeg Double Barrel is something pretty special. This leather case from Purdey and Sons contains an Omas fountain pen, a leather-bound notebook for you to record your tasting notes and eight sterling silver cups. Oh, and two single cask Ardbegs from 1974 - both bottled at cask strength and packaged in hand-blown bottles with sterling silver labels. Just 250 of these sets are being released worldwide