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Ardbeg Travels To Napa Valley For Smoketrails

Alex Bean / March 15, 2025

Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has traveled to California’s famed Napa Valley and released the third edition of their Smoketrails series, partially aged in red wine casks from Napa Valley as an addition to their Travel Series for global travel retail venues. Ardbeg is, of course, known for their peat-heavy whiskies and their Smoketrails Napa Valley is […]

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Signed, Sealed, & Delivered: A Look at Contract Distilling

Mark Gillespie / October 22, 2023

What do you call a distillery with no brands of its own? A contract (or custom) distiller creates whiskies for its clients, and many of… Read More

Ardbeg Offers Smoketrails

Alex Bean / November 26, 2022

Islay distillery Ardbeg has released Smoketrails Manzanilla Edition – a whisky created using Manzanilla sherry casks from Spain. Ardbeg Smoketrails Manzanilla Edition was matured in both American oak casks, and Manzanilla sherry casks from Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of Brazil […]