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Ardbeg Reveals Lucky 13-Year-Old

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Islay distillery Ardbeg has released a ‘smoky-sweet’ 13-year-old whisky as the inaugural offering in their new Anthology Collection which will feature ‘experimental’ single malts matured in cask types that are new to the distillery. Ardbeg Anthology: The Harpy’s Tale, was aged for 13 years in both ex-bourbon and sweet Sauternes wine casks, bottled at 46% […]

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Inbox / The Week’s Whisky News (August 25, 2023)

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Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisk…

Big Peat – The Bannerman’s Bar Edition

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Bannerman’s Rock and Whisky Bar located in Edinburgh’s Old Town has teamed up with Douglas Laing & Co to release a special edition of the World Famous “Big Peat” Scotch Malt...
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Review / Ardbeg Heavy Vapours (Ardbeg Day Edition)

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This is the annual Ardbeg Day release, which celebrates the final day of the Feis Ile festival on the famous whisky island of Islay, from the cult distillery of Ardbeg. Ardbeg Heavy Vapours is the result of an experiment conducted by Dr. Bill Lumsden, …

Ardbeg Releases Heavy Vapours

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Islay distillery Ardbeg has released a limited edition single malt – Heavy Vapours – to celebrate the 2023 Fèis Ìle music and malt festival. Ardbeg is known for their normally peat-y whiskies, however, Ardbeg Heavy Vapours has been distilled without a purifier – the device on a still responsible for maintaining the brand’s balance between […]

Ardbeg Reveals BizarreBQ Whisky

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Just in time for the summer season, Islay distillery Ardbeg has released their first limited edition barbecue-inspired whisky, called Ardbeg BizarreBQ. Ardbeg BizarreBQ was created using double-charred oak casks, Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks and the distillery’s unique barbecue casks that have been extra-charred on an old-fashioned brazier, bottled at 50.9% alcohol by volume [101.8 proof] […]

Experiments in Whisky (Episode 1001: April 23, 2023)

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Dr. Bill Lumsden has been experimenting at both Ardbeg and Glenmorangie distilleries. His latest Ardbeg release, Heavy Vapours, involved taking part of the distilling system out of the picture just because he wanted to see what would happen if he did. At Glenmorangie, he has a whole year’s worth of projects for his experimental Lighthouse distillery. We’ll catch up with whisky’s mad scientist on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Scotland’s controversial alcohol marketing restrictions have been sent back to the drawing board, while the equally controversial deposit return scheme for bottles has been pushed back to next March. Read More »

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