Ardbeg An Oa

Nose: Sweet smoke Mouth: Top- Smoke, Mid- Sweeter Smoke, Base-Strong Peat

Got it as a gift. Very good whisky. Smoky and peaty with very clean finish. Different than the ardbeg 10, but can’t pin point what it is.

AN OA Bottled at 46.6% ABV, this is non chill-filtered. Released September 2017 An Oa (pronounced an oh) is a peated Islay single malt comprised of whiskies that were aged in several types of casks of including Pedro Ximenez, virgin oak, and ex-bourbon. These whiskies were then married together in a large French oak vat in Ardbeg's Gathering Room. T - Revisit 4th time - Fragrant, pear, smokey, light, dry soot, sweetness 3.25 Slightly Sweet fragrance, pearish and lightness to it, not very peppery, you get a heavy oaky soot peat, slight dryness, 2.75 Sustained sooty peat, bitterness 2.5 2.75 ARDBEG AN ON 3RD TRY STALE THICK SMOKE, CARAMEL TOASTED SUGAR, LOW PEPPERY, DRY 3 THICK PUNGENT BITTER SMOKE, DARK BITTER CHOCOLATE, NO SWEETNESS IN THE TASTE, CHARCOAL, MEDICINAL, THERE IS NO SWEETNESS IN THIS AND IT IS QUITE A HARSH TASTING.. PROBABLY GOES WELL WITH A SWEET DISH LIKE A DESSERT BUT I SEE IT AS NOT A GOOD DRINK FOR A STANDALONE 1.5/OTHERWISE WITH DESSERT PAIRING POSSIBLY A 3 OAK, LONG, BITTER 1.5 2.5 ardbeg an oa 46.6% Doing this alongside with Corryve & An OA Delicate nosing compared to the 10YO - a little uncharacteristic-less nosing, creamy, lightly roasted 1.5 Bitterness hits at the front and you start to get a slow creeping sweetness that spreads out, nutty, maltiness, dark chocolate 1.75 Mid sustain smoke 2 1.75 Nosing: fiery burn despite the Low ABV Flavour: oakiness, creamy malt that is rich in fats and milds the rest of the taste profile Finish: light peat and Long burn through the back of your throat

Smokey peaty Similar to the Kelpie Matt was shocked they didn't taste more differently This is a bit sweeter and mellower. Kelpie tastes of the sea 🌊 more