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Ardbeg Uigeadail

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

A fine drop of Ardbeg bottled at cask strength. A marriage of Ardbeg from bourbon barrel and sherry butt which gives a sweet and smokey finish to this malt. Uigeadail is the loch from which all Ardbeg water flows. An absolutely stunning whisky, and following the demise of the Airigh nam Beist this probably represents the best value in the core range.

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£47.95 inc. VAT (£40.81 ex. VAT)

More Details:

Country:	Scotland
Region:	Islay
Bottler:	Distillery Bottling
Strength:	54.2%
Bottle Size:	70cl
Chill Filtered:	No

Customer Reviews:

Posted on 11 Jun 2007 :

I used to drink ardbeg 17 yo a lot. But then it got sold out. If you take Uigeadail with a 1/4 water, its like 17 is back!

Posted on 14 Jan 2009 :

This Uigeadail is Ardbeg turned up to a spinetapping eleven. A fino aperitif, brandan rost salmon, a full course of floral peated malt, a small portion of madeira trifle, a swift cigarillo then a brisk walk along the salt-splashed harbour walls - all in one glass. This is a distillery turning on its heels and lifting its skirts. Posted By: AJ, Glasgow

Posted on 22 Nov 2009 :

Creo que es la estrella de Ardbeg. Tiene todo lo que uno espera de un islay con un acabado muy fino. El primer trago sin a?adidos es obligado; despu?s un poco de agua o hielo abrir?n todas las esencias. Posted By: MSR

Posted on 16 Dec 2009 :

In a world which worships the bland and makes stars of the untalented this whisky shines like a beacon as magnificent Posted By: trebor - kent

Posted on 25 Feb 2010 :

This is my favourite Ardbeg, next to the 10 years old. Sooo deep, and mistyc, powerful on the tar and sweetness, with smoke on the edges, brilliant. Posted By: Peter Benkoczki

Posted on 16 Mar 2010 :

Ardbeg Uigeadail Posted By: B?rbel Krebs

Posted on 10 Apr 2010 :

i agree with benkoczki so powerfull salty peat bomb.much smoother with some water added.love it Posted By: peatapal

Posted on 27 Apr 2010 :

Just tried this in comparison to the 17, close call, but 17 edges it, as this is just a little too raw, must break the habit of a lifetime and add water Posted By: Davepat

Posted on 13 Jun 2010 :

First, I hesitated to buy this malt, because of 54 -% alcohol. My worries were unnecessary. Uigeadail is perfect balance between traditional Arbeg peatyness, sweet malt and strong alcohol volume. This is not so smoky and peaty than 10y. Reminds me Lagavulin 16y, but this is more ambitious malt. Posted By: Mikko

Posted on 01 Jul 2010 :

Magnificent! Take the 10yo, add more salt, sherry's nutty influence, chocolate butter cake, smoked salmon, honeyed BBQ meat, moldy tree bark, green apple(?). Some say it's less peaty but it's not, it has so much other flavor that the peat take a backseat. Worth every cent. 500 char is not enough to describe this! Posted By: C2

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Tasting Notes:

Producer's Tasting Notes

Nose: The undiluted nose is deep and rounded – chocolate caramels and barley sugar combine with dates, raisins and smooth sherry notes. Later, you find leather and linseed oil.

With water the sweetness gives way to malted honeycomb, with flowering currants emerging through the smoky sweetness of a well-fired fruit pudding.

Taste: Sweet, chewy and oily with a silky mouthfeel. The flavour is initially sweet, revealing fruit cake and treacle. This is followed by barbecued or honey roast food with the slightest hint of olives.

Finish: Again long, both sweet and dry with honey, treacle and a trace of lint.

Brand Info:

Ardbeg

Ardbeg Distillery

Ardbeg was officially established by the MacDougall family in 1815, the same year as Laphroaig came into official existence a few miles along the road, although it seems that illicit distilling had already been taking place on the site for over twenty years, with Alexander Stewart having founded a distillery there in 1794. Like its fellow southern Ileachs, Laphroaig and Lagavulin, Ardbeg is heavily peated, with a turfy smoke and seaspray character predominant in most bottlings. The distillery fell foul of the global whisky downturn in the late 1970s, which, coupled with some criminal mismanagement by the then owners Hiram Walker, led to the distillery falling silent in 1981. Production resumed sporadically in 1989, but the distillery fell silent again in 1996.

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