I stopped chasing the Ardbeg committee releases after the disappointing Drum but on the strength of samples of last year’s release and this latest edition I may have to rejoin the hunt. This delivers pretty much what you would want from a rye-cask edition, adding a sprinkling of extra spice to the Ardbeg goodness. That means a dash of white pepper on top of the gasoline aromas and caraway seed spice in the mouth that lingers through the smoke into the finish. Otherwise it’s a silky, creamy Ardbeg that’s a simple pleasure to drink. By the way, if last year’s edition had a string of a’s in the name and this year’s holds down the r key, does that mean next year’s name will have a string of d’s?