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Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 24 Years Old

Brand Old Malt Cask
Expression Ardbeg 24 Years Old
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Age 24 Year Old
Abv 50.00%
Produced at Douglas Laing & Co
Region Islay
Website http://www.douglaslaing.com

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 18 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson

Nose
Seaweed. Tar. Peat
Palate
Starts assertively dry, but quickly reveals a soft centre. Tar-like. Sweetish. Oily. Lemon
Finish
Dry, Drying, Sandy, Warming, Long. Notably big finish
Comment
Full of flavour and complexity, but less challenging than some Ardbegs. More peaty than the bottling reviewed among new releases. Some woodiness

Dave Broom

Nose
Soft. Light sherry. It's like a box of spent matches next to a slumbering peat fire.
Palate
Sweet, almost oily, start then comes a lovely interplay between pulpy fruit and dry sooty smoke.
Finish
Very long. Smoky chimney.
Comment
Slightly sweeter than the 1977 but equally good. The sulphery note lets it down

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