Ardbeg BizarreBQ is a no-age-statement peated single malt Scotch bottled at 50.9% ABV. It is matured in “a combination of double charred oak casks, Pedro Ximenez sherry casks and our unique BBQ casks.” It sells for $80-90 at MSRP, and I found one at this price. Those fuckers have done it. They have made a good Ardbeg at a reasonable price. They can make a good Ardbeg at a reasonable price. I still buy bottles of Ardbegs because they are fun to collect, even if they are horribly overpriced ripoffs for the liquid that you get. While Macallan selects only the rarest and most distinguished casks from Spain ad nauseum, Ardbeg sends Scotches into space, and uses BBQ casks. I don’t care what a BBQ cask even is. Did it contain BBQ sauce? Fine with me. Ardbeg BizarreBQ combines so much simplicity with forcefulness; it is barbaric. So imagine BBQ sauce, cherry wood smoked beef brisket, and just fucking cigarette ashtray. The finish is bacon burnt to a crisp. Cancer. I definitely get notes of malignancy. I don’t care if this was 5 years old. I don’t care if the PX influence was of poor quality and tastes like plastic. This whisky does not care. It is on a mission to bring you the smoke and bring you the BBQ. Fuck what you want because this is what you will get. From the marketing present before you open the bottle to the finish on the aftertaste, this whisky announces clearly what it is, and that has been missing from Ardbeg for so long. I remember at the start of my whisky journey being amazed at Lagavulin 16, for how meaty and manly it felt. This whisky is a whole new level of meat, BBQ sauce, smoke, and ash. If Nick Offerman has not tried this, loved this, and endorsed this, what is he even talking about?