DESCRIPTION

Released in May 2025 to celebrate not only the annual Ardbeg Day festivities at Fèis Ìle, but also to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee, which was founded in 2000 a few years after the distillery was reopened. Ardbeg Smokiverse is the distillery's first whisky produced using a "high-gravity mash"—a process involving reduced water in the mash tun to create a denser, more sugary wort, increasing fruity esters. Matured exclusively in ex-bourbon casks. Non-chillfiltered, naturally coloured and bottled at 48.3%. (Bottle size 750ml)

OFFICIAL TASTING NOTES

Nose: An explosion of fruity, estery notes, reminiscent of smoked bubblegum, fused with whiffs of ripening barley and baked sourdough bread. A splash of water reveals dense, sweet, and aromatic peat smoke, accompanied by gently smoked tropical fruits.

Palate: A rich, creamy mouthfeel drifts into sharp, sooty and spicy notes of creosote, aniseed, and clove. Tempered by the distinct sweetness of muscovado sugar, robust woody notes orbit rich charcoal.

Finish: Finally, in an almost infinite finish, earthly peat moss fuses with sizzling bonfire embers.

NOTES FROM THE WB TEAM

High gravity mashing is a process that uses more grist (ground/milled malted barely) and less water in the mash tun, producing a denser wort. In the whisky making process, density is measured in the following stages: at the end of the mashing stage, referred to as “original gravity,” and at the end of the fermentation stage, referred to as “final gravity.” The high gravity process involves extracting more fermentable sugar from the barley into the wort, resulting in a higher original gravity, which is why it is called “High Gravity".

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