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Ardbeg Uigeadail
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
August 14, 2020 (edited June 3, 2022)
3rd try
roast meat, mid pepper, 3
oaky, bitter, dry 1
peaty smokey 2.5
2
ARDBEG UIGEADAIL
- 2ND TRY -
First launched in 2003, Ardbeg Uigeadail [Oog-a-dal] is a marriage of some young and some very old oloroso sherry aged single malt along with Ardbeg aged in ex-bourbon barrels. The name Uigeadail means "a dark, mysterious place." Fun to say and even more fun to drink. It is also the name of the loch from which Ardbeg gets its water. Bottled at cask strength with no age statement.
RICHER IN COMPLEXITY, YOU DONT GET THE HIT OF SOOT AS ALL ARDBEG DO. COLOR IS DARKER AS WELL, MID PEPPER, PEAR, LEMON 3
ARDBEG 10 FLAVOUR-LIKE, PEPPERY ON FRONT AND BACK, YOU GET MORE OAKINESS THAN ANYTHING, I DO NOT HIT ANY OF THE PREVIOUS FRUITY NOTES, A LOT OF BITTER SOOT, I THINK THAT THE OLD OLOROSSO SHERRY CASK DOES MINIMAL IMPACT TO THIS. GIVING IT A WHILE AFTER THE FIRST HIT AND YOU GET MORE PLEASANT NOTES- YOU GET MORE CHOCOLATE-Y, MALT AND THIS OFFSET THE PREVIOUS INITIAL BURST OF ARDBEG-10-ISH FLAVOR 2.75
OAKY AND LONG SUSTAIN SMOKE 2
2.5 TO 2.25
WOULD I BUY IT FOR A PREMIUM, UM NO, BECUASE AN ARDBEG 10 GIVES ME ALMOST SIMILAR.
Ardbeg Uigeadail 54.2%
Citrus, smokey, smooth sweetness, vanilla, oaky, mid-high pepper, apricot, 3.5
Acidic, burns, raw bitter heat, sharp on the back of the throat, a kick of sulphuric ash into your throat 0
oaky, bitter, very long but not pleasant - choking 1
1.5
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