Ardbeg day is upon us. Kids dropped off at swimming and I'm here at my local retailer celebrating. Now I've already tasted the committee which was a great dram. This...this is good but not the same level of deep rich char, tastes like what it is a watered down version. The char still seems to over power anything else going on...which is weird as I thought the reduced abv would help. Elements of the lemony flavour largely absent in the committee come through. Definitely not in my top Ardbegs. Kelpie, Dark Cove, Cory and Uggie I'd have put ahead of this once price is factored in from memory. Although interestingly I also drank the Kelpie and Uggie with this one after I typed that up and although the Uggie kept its place the Kelpie wasn't as good as I remembered but it was the third dram. Solid 4 I'll give it down from the 4.25 for the committe which amazingly is the same price so I might get a bottle of that as if I don't drink I def won't lose $$.
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@LeeEvolved Cheers :-). Yeah the prices are just to high these days for these editions $120usd. Weirdly the committee which was $20 more last year has now had a price drop... they never had a problem selling those whilst I still see bottles of Kelpie floating around. I didn't get hold of a committee release but wasn't that disappointed.
Great review, Soba. It tastes watered down from the CE because that’s all it is haha. Sadly, bottles just hit the states and retailers still want $100-110 per. A hefty savings of $10 over the CE. Shame on you, Ardbeg. This is a money grab. (I’ll still probably buy 2 bottles because I’m just the fool they’re looking for).