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Not a bad whisky but nothing special - a shame that this should be the goodbye for Mickey. 150 EUR is too much and all those who pay more are idiots. A sample was more than enough for me - I won't buy this botte.

Rubbish

What a fun！shame！

nose--
Initially it smells of smoky roasted banana and western pear, and the nose feels a faint scent of rye bread. The sweet smell of vanilla toffee and star anise passing by.
The scent of orange and lemon brings out a charming and refreshing sense of pleasure.

Palate--
The clear taste rises in the middle of the tongue, with banana, orange, and kiwi fruit. The same also transforms into star anise, smoky, toffee and distant fruit sour rye.

Finish--
The long aftertaste lingers, confirming that Ardbeg is left in the mouth as usual, with a faint smoky taste.

The best thing about Ardbeg Arrrrrrrgh is its nose. You can really smell wonderful natural pineapple, but at the same time a clear ester note as an accessory. The alcohol lingers in the nose.
Palate: Strong, sharp burning. Short smoky notes and sweetness flash, only to ebb away all too quickly into nothing.
Finish: Slightly sweet and extremely mild smoky note and then it's over. Really very disappointing!
Personally, I have the feeling that Ardbeg now almost exclusively pushes whiskys without character out of the barrel in quick succession. Clearly more hype than substance!

Yesterday for the fourth time in the glass. meanwhile the whisky has breathed properly, which is very important with this malt !!!

This time as the last dram of the evening after we had a tasting with old Talisker whiskys.

The smoke was barely noticeable after I smacked the Talisker so extensively directly before. In return it is very sweet and at the same time also has a eucalyptus aroma. Also in terms of taste it convinced again with its extreme sweetness and blindly I would actually have believed it 18-20 years old, because it made a very balanced impression.

I didn't expect anything from this bottling because it comes off really badly in some notes. To be honest, I was expecting a terrible whisky!

Exactly the opposite is the case here! Once again, I had a lot of fun tasting this whisky and am already looking forward to trying it again.

If you like Ardbeg and have no problem with Rye, you will get your money's worth here!

shortyx - release date is 1st Feb in Europe and 2nd Feb in the UK. Some may have gone to pick it up and started it already.