on July 31, 2025, 9:38 am, in reply to "Ardbeg 17 Year up for auction......"
However, no-one in the whisky community can understand why you would mature a 'prestige' whisky like that for 17 years (or more) and then bottle it at 40% - it's nonsense.
Even their standard 10 year old is bottled at 46%.
Don't fall for the hype. ("special release", "limited edition", "special design & packaging"... marketing mumbo jumbo).
There are much better value for money Ardbegs at well under half the price and at almost cask strength.
Uigeadail - ~75€ (DE)
Corryvrechan - ~85€ (DE)
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I remember how I bought a bottle of 17 years old Ardbeg for £29.75 from the Port Ellen Spar on my first trip to Islay in 2001. It must be over 20 years since that 17 years old was even available. If there’s a bottle out there somewhere, it must cost a four or five figure amount of £s.
A friend of mine has a saying ”life is too short to waste it drinking bad whiskies”. I’d love to follow that principle, but it’s getting pretty expensive. Previous MessagePrevious MessagePrevious Message
'O penzamm' tutt' quant', ma nun 'o ddice mai nisciuno.
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