Peat peat delicious smoke. Excellent balance from the powerful peat nose through the smoky-but-sweet body to the smoky-spicy finish that lasts nice and long.
Chris
N: Lemon and peat. P: Clean and simple, yet so good. Perfect peaty goodness. F: Long and sweet, with a hint of pepper. A classic Islay whisky.
DW
Mild, slightly peaty nose. Oily in the mouth, peaty but smooth. A momentarily strong finish falls off pretty quickly, but then maintains for awhile. Overall a pretty good whisky, but not remarkable.
GL
Nose is weak, with a hint of peat. Taste is smooth, easy, even buttery at first -- but it goes nowhere. Pleasant and likable, but totally forgettable. A little peat helps the finish. But this does very little for me.
JS
Interesting. Reminds me of a Signatory Unchillfiltered Highland Park. Very little taste, just clean. But a powerful finish.
Mike
Hard not to like. A sweeter peat smoke -- lots of it, but light in style. Makes me think of white smoke rather than dark black. A nice sweetness underneath. There are other better Islays, and Ardbegs, but its so drinkable.
Dave
A straight up classic from Islay. I love the earthy peat and dusty, almost metallic background that young Ardbegs have. I always keep a bottle of this around and I look for specific batches (bottle codes) to be sure that I get a good one.