Whisky Forum - Ardbeg Blaaack Committee Bottling

William · Last edited by William on Sun May 24, 2020 11:13 pm; edited 1 time in total

Ardbeg to mark the 20th anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee with the release of Ardbeg Blaaack which has been matured in New Zealand Pinot Noir casks.

Ardbeg Blaaack Committee 20th Anniversary Limited Edition bottled at 50.7% ABV will be available to buy on 4th March, Ardbeg Committee members will be sent a link from Ardbeg before it goes on sale.

A 46% ABV Ardbeg Blaaack expression will be available from 28th May from Ardbeg Embassies, whisky specialists, online retailers such as The Whisky Exchange and Master of Malt and from the Distillery Visitor Centre.

More info here:

https://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/ardbegblaaackcommittee20th.htm
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Whisky Dog · Master Of Malts Joined: 09 Apr 2014 Posts: 669

I will no doubt grab a bottle as long as the price isn't insane.

GM70047 · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:36 pm Post subject:

[quote="Whisky Dog"]I will no doubt grab a bottle as long as the price isn't insane.[/quote]

Â£94

Mark · Master Of Malts Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 1613

TheMaster · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:07 pm Post subject:

davidbe · Master Of Malts Joined: 28 May 2015 Posts: 497

DF · Single Malt Member Joined: 28 Feb 2020 Posts: 32

I wonder how many bottles this release will be....

BigShing · Master Of Malts Joined: 21 Feb 2019 Posts: 281

DaveWn · Single Malt Member Joined: 01 Jul 2019 Posts: 46

I will have a bottle.

TheMaster · Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:22 am Post subject:

Dunno, I've been very disappointed in the last few committee releases. If I was going to spend that on a special release big name bottle I'd be looking at the Talisker 15yo, it's age stated, cask strength and with delivery from Ardbeg will work out at around a similar price. And the last Talisker release (the 8yo) was incredible.....

As much as I hate Diageo it shows you the difference out there. One age stated and no sully cask messing and the other NAS with questionable cask play. I though Ardbeg had reached the limit of silliness when they did Ardbog (bog oak heads), although that was a nice whisky. I always wonder what cask they'll dig up next.

I just don't get it. They've been playing the low stock card for years now, LVMH have owned Ardbeg long enough to have decent aged stock, clearly deliberabley restricting output to keep their crazies crazy. I dropped out of interest with them long ago.

DillyT · Master Of Malts Joined: 18 Oct 2017 Posts: 333

Well the Ardbeg site is feeling the strain at the moment, friends of mine have been trying for an hour to get a bottle with no luck so far..

Brummie · Master Of Malts Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 654

I missed it, I tried at 10.00am for a while but had no more time to spend trying, just tried again now and its sold out, I guess it wasn't meant to be.

webdunk · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:24 pm Post subject:

I got in with no issues after a short wait. Best experience of recent frenzied Committee Release years.
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DF · Single Malt Member Joined: 28 Feb 2020 Posts: 32

I was unlucky, how much was it going for a bottle?

webdunk · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:34 pm Post subject: