Ardbeg Drum Committee Edition

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The theme for Ardbeg Day 2019 was a Caribbean carnival, and they decided to bottle a whisky finished in rum casks for the occasion. As always there was both a higher proof Committee Member edition, as well as a standard release at a lower proof. We have always felt the Committee Edition, at a higher proof, was more interesting. Early reports this time around seemed to imply the standard edition at 46% was better. On having tried them both, we still prefer the Committee Edition at 52%.

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: mezcal with sea salt and fresh squeezed lime juice; the undersized of a lawn mower after it chokes on thick wet grass; doughy, malty and fruity with medicinal peat.

Palate: still with the thick, wet, freshly mowed grass on the underside of a gas powered lawnmower with a touch of clean engine oil; mezcal, sea salt, lime juice, juicy barley and medicinal maritime peat.

Finish: the finish is good with a bit more of the fruity doughy tones than the palate; still mezcal-y with fresh cut green grass and sea sale.

Comment: I kept hearing that the standard release this time around was better than the Committee Edition; I call BS; I like this a lot better than the standard release! 

750 ml