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25th February 2019 |
Ardbeg
unveils Ardbeg Drum, a rum finished
expression, as their Caribbean themed
Islay Festival 2019 bottling with the
Committee bottling set for release on
5th March.
 Its that time of year once again when
Ardbeg unveils the theme and the whisky
with which they will mark their annual
Ardbeg Day with and this year the
distillery is planning to celebrate Islay’s rich
history of carnivals with a flamboyant
Caribbean twist and the release of
Ardbeg Drum, the first ever rum finished
whisky to be released by Ardbeg.
Ardbeg tells me that the limited edition
Ardbeg Drum has been matured in ex-Bourbon
casks and then finished in ex-rum casks
from the Americas to coax out tropical
tastes.
Ardbeg Day which takes place on the last
day of Islay's Feis Ile, the whisky
islands annual Festival of Music & Malt,
will be held on Saturday, 1st June this
year. Ardbeg Day 2019 will have a
spectacular Caribbean twist, where
Ardbeggians everywhere are invited to
swap their flat caps for elaborate
headdresses as Ardbeg Day embraces a
dash of carnival colour.
This year, the Distillery will be
resurrecting the island’s carnival
traditions. In an Islay time gone by on
the last day of the Feis Ile Festival,
locals transformed everything from
tractors to tricycles into magnificent
floats. If it had wheels, they decorated
it. Honking and tooting its way through
Port Ellen and eventually to Ardbeg,
this typically Islay cavalcade of colour
represents a long-standing love for
festivity on the island.
As always the highly sought after
Committee bottling of Ardbeg Drum will
go on sale ahead of the general release,
the Ardbeg Drum Committee bottling which
has a strength of 52% ABV will
be available on 5th March with a RRP of
£94, it will be exclusively available to
purchase only by Committee Members, who
will receive a link to purchase their
own special bottle. If you want to get
hold of a bottle and if you are not
already a member of the Ardbeg Committee
I suggest you get yourself over to the
Ardbeg website and sign up.
The main Ardbeg Drum bottling will be
released just ahead of Ardbeg Day.
Distillery Manager Mickey Heads said:
"The Ardbeg Day Carnival is about
embracing all things tropical. From
music and dance to food and fashion,
we’re all set to revel in both culture
and character. And we’re delighted to
introduce Ardbeg Drum – a celebration of
all of the mixed up, mashed up
influences that make Ardbeg, Ardbeg.
"In Ardbeg Drum, a multitude of complex
flavours parade across the palate –
fragrant pine resin and woodsmoke dance
alongside ripe banana and pineapple.
Then lavender, liquorice and vanilla
strut into a long, smoky finish.”
"Preparations are well underway, but
orchestrating a bash this breathtaking
is no mean feat. The finer details are
yet to be revealed, but rest assured,
the Ardbeg Day Carnival 2019 will be a
spectacle you won’t soon forget…"
If you cant wait for Ardbeg Day to
sample Ardbegs peaty delights you will
find the current range as well as some
now discontinued expressions available
from specialist online whisky retailers
such as The Whisky Exchange,
Master of Malt and
The Whisky Shop
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Ardbeg Drum Review
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Ardbeg Drum (general release) is non
chill-filtered and bottled at 46% ABV.
Producer's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
In Drum, fragrant pine resin and
woodsmoke dance alongside ripe banana
and pineapple in a downright wondrous
paradiddle of aromas, before parading
into smoked apples and dry cocoa powder.
Distant ginger, spiced dates and
cinnamon sway into floating notes of
lavender.
Taste:
On the palate, waves of smoke, tar and
creosote cascade into a dry peppery
mouthfeel. Clove, liquorice and ginger
strut towards rich notes of dark
chocolate and smoked vanilla.
Finish:
Intense smoke, roasted coffee liqueur
and a treasure trove of sweet spices
come together in one deliciously complex
crescendo.
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