Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist

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Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Islay
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling	Batch No.3
Vintage	1990
Bottled	2008
Bottle Code	L8 253
Age	18 years old
Strength	46.0 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 159.00 \| £ 136.26 \| $ 205.73

Added: 22 Dec. 2008 11:11 pm by Mosson

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Notes & Reviews

GLEN MAUR

posted 28 Feb. 2013

GLEN MAUR gave this whisky 92 points

Weighted rate

92

Nose - aroma

91

Initial taste

92

Body

93

Finish

93

Price

91

Presentation

91

Furtia

posted 3 Dec. 2012

Furtia gave this whisky 86 points

Weighted rate

86

Nose - aroma

86

Initial taste

86

Body

87

Finish

86

Price

87

Presentation

86

MaltMuggle77

posted 18 Dec. 2011

MaltMuggle77 gave this whisky 92 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

Mesquite wood, pulled pork, damp campfire coals, light peat and melted butter.

Taste

Ben and Jerry's Vanilla ice cream, dry/sweet bbq sauce, pork spare ribs, light creamy smoke

Finish

Hickory smoke, bbq, and some bitter oak.

Comments

A very American tasting Scotch!

mmaclean

posted 17 Dec. 2011

mmaclean gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Deep gold

Nose

Wonderful nose, intense, smoky, peaty, sweet

Taste

Malty, bold, smoke, peat, tar, coal, ash. Sweet notes of vanilla, chocolate fudge, marshmallow

Finish

Long, smoke lingers through length of dram and longer.

Comments

This is one of my Favorite Islays. The longer you let it rest in your mouth the more creamy and cake like it becomes!

Remember it\'s maturity that makes whisky great! That\'s why I Love The Glenrothes!

QuarterCentury

posted 31 Oct. 2011

QuarterCentury gave this whisky 94 points

Airigh Nam Beist 1990 is a delicious vintage bottling from the ongoing
success story that is Ardbeg. Sadly now discontinued due to exhausted
stocks, `the Beist` was an extremely popular Ardbeg, with assertive and
powerful peatiness and a lovely honeyed edge. Oh, and it`s pronounced
`Arry nam Baysht`.

I like my whisky old and my women young!

mmaclean

posted 26 Oct. 2011

mmaclean gave this whisky 89 points

Weighted rate

89

Nose - aroma

88

Initial taste

89

Body

89

Finish

90

Price

90

Presentation

86

The nose is nice, full of peat and smoke, reminding you of what Islays are about. Taste is awesome, toffee, sweet fruit, tar charred oak, some peat and smoked wood. Body is great, when you let it relax in your mouth and you can absorb all the work that went into producing such a complex scotch. Finish is long and memorable. Price is right, when you find one, and card board box could be nicer for this vintage.

Remember it\'s maturity that makes whisky great! That\'s why I Love The Glenrothes!

mmaclean

posted 26 Oct. 2011

mmaclean gave this whisky 89 points

This bottle I found is the 3rd release or the 08` bottling. I feel this is more balanced than the first and has more maturity to really set it apart from its 2 earlier releases. In the states this is getting harder to find for cheap. I paid 79$ for this version and happy to say, found a back up for future.

Remember it\'s maturity that makes whisky great! That\'s why I Love The Glenrothes!

alectron

posted 25 Oct. 2011

alectron gave this whisky 88 points

Also, for completion sake and since the bottling codes are not
represented on whiskybase accurately, here`s the documented bottle codes from
ardbegproject.com for the 2008 releases:

L8 056 14:16 4ML
L8 056 14:37 4ML
L8 084 10:50 4ML
L8 184 11:46 4ML 750ml US release
L8 253 14:21 4ML
L8 253 17:32 4ML
L8 254 08:25 4ML
L8 254 11:05 4ML 750ml US release

c.

Remember - whisky scores and impressions are highly subjective and situational by nature - so don't go and buy whisky according to someone else's taste...

hsmithjr

posted 8 Oct. 2011

hsmithjr gave this whisky 89 points

Weighted rate

89

Nose - aroma

90

Initial taste

89

Body

86

Finish

92

Price

85

Presentation

90

Excellent. Just excellent.

In an interstellar burst, I\'m back to save the universe.

Collector57

posted 6 Sep. 2011

Color

White wine

Nose

Smoke, medicinal (iodine and something else). Hint of key lime pie

Taste

Sweetly creamy, peat smoke, oily. Bitter liquorice

Finish

Some more sweetness. Long smoky finish. A touch of coffee perhaps

Comments

I_SPEY

posted 2 Jun. 2011

I_SPEY gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

Briny, vanilla, peat and caramel. Smoky, fruity, lavander and medicinal.

Taste

Peat, seaweed, bacon(!), pepper, oilish. Rather fruity
with chocolate and even liquorice!

Finish

Long with lots of smoke and creamy chocolate.

Comments

LOve this one, but is very complex!

"One cannot hurry the little grey cells, Captain." Hercule Poirot

alectron

posted 4 Apr. 2011

alectron gave this whisky 88 points

Color

Amontillado sherry

Nose

vanilla ++, cinamon +, peat +/o, roast/baked apple with marzipan o, baby sick o, cold ash o, cloves -,

Taste

sweet & peat +, warm spices,

Finish

a great amalgamation of complex spices & sweetness plus mellow peat/smoke. yum.

Comments

Interesting that lots of people highlight the peat here... for me this is one of the sweeter & mellow 'recent' Ardbegs. I would really wish there would be a stronger + 50% version of this. Try this after a strong really smoky whisky to get a hit of sweetness. However, I prefer it after a non peated dram.

Remember - whisky scores and impressions are highly subjective and situational by nature - so don't go and buy whisky according to someone else's taste...

Lafroy

posted 1 Apr. 2011

Lafroy gave this whisky 85 points

Color

Amber

Nose

Very peaty, smoky, tarry, including car shop with hints of engine oil and light spirits. Hints of varnish. Additionally, some sweetness and sea notes.

Taste

A lot of salt and fruity sweetness. Strong notes of smoke, ashes and peat. Lightly dry, smooth and well matured.

Finish

Very long and smooth

hsmithjr

posted 19 Feb. 2011

hsmithjr gave this whisky 89 points

A must try for Ardbeg or peat fans. This is one of my "affordable favorites". Great value. I seem to like it more and more each time. Highly recommended

In an interstellar burst, I\'m back to save the universe.

Dede

posted 30 Nov. 2010

Dede gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Old gold

Nose

Tourb?, marin (iode mais surtout embruns) et min?ral, mais aussi agr?ablement frais, sur le citron. Il devient plus m?dicinal ? l'a?ration, se faisant l?g?rement camphr?. Puis apparaissent des notes animales de viande rouge crue.

Taste

Fluide, elle se d?veloppe sur la tourbe et le citron, les pastilles pour la toux et le sel sur fond de notes v?g?tales un peu am?res (r?glisse). Les 46% sont tr?s bien exploit?s, on ne ressent ni faiblesse, ni br?lure alcoolique. A noter une note fra?che et florale, curieuse, fugace mais loin d'?tre d?sagr?able qui na?t en haut du palais pour s'?vanouir en fin de bouche.

Finish

Longue et intense, sur la tourbe, le sel et la r?glisse.

Comments

Un tr?s bel Ardbeg, puissant, sans rondeur, et plus complexe que suppos? au premier abord. J'aime beaucoup.

"I can resist anything but temptation." O. Wilde

Rates

Overall rating

88.92

MM rate

88

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