Sunday, January 4, 2026

Ardbeg, Islay, Scotland, May 2025

 Ardbeg is one of my two favorite distilleries. It's on the bike path from Port Ellen, on the ocean. We had a fantastic lunch there before the tour.




We saw the old stills and the new stills.



I've forgotten what these "X"es were about. Keeping the still going a wee bit longer:





Lots of fun past bottlings:





Our tasting included the 19 year 50% alc. Traigh Bhan which was my favorite of the four:


And the smoky Homecoming. Everyone else really liked this. I thought it was too sweet. We also had the Smoketrails and the Cote Rotie (red wine) cask, 46% alc, from 2023. I'm a sucker for a red wine cask.













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