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A Single sherry butt #2390 was filled on 24^th November 1976 and matured for 25 years prior to bottling on 27^th April 2002 for the Feis Ile. 

Only available at Ardbeg Distillery, 494 bottles of this Ardbeg were filled.

Bottle 117 of 494

Please note the minor scuffs on the side of the box.

This whisky was distilled on 26^th December 1975 and matured in a single ex-fino cask before being bottled on 14^th April 2005.  This 29 year old has become known as a memorable Ardbeg; bottled for the Feis Ile 2005 it was only available at Ardbeg Distillery. 

This is bottle number 72 of 188 bottles.

There are slight stains on the rear and sides of the box. Please take a closer look on the photos or contact us for more information.  Packaging otherwise is in good condition, with no marks on the bottle.

A very unusual bottle of Absolut vodka.

Tack is the Scandinavian/Icelandic word for thanks; this special edition bottling was presented to Maxxium employees when Absolut was bought by Pernod Ricard in 2009.

Approximately 1800 bottles were produced.

Quite simply a legendary Ardbeg released in 2004, this was a combination of experimental unpeated Ardbeg and lightly peated Ardbeg.  It is known that between 1979 and 1981 these experiements took place, we have yet to see any from 1979.

Only 1,300 bottles of Kildalton were bottled and it is certainly a popular collectors item now.

One of the two Rare Malt releases by Diageo, this particular 22 year old was distilled in 1978 and bottled in October 2000.

Bottle number 6393

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in rememberance and hope for a long list distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Matured in both bourbon and sherry cask this 5 year old spirit was limited to 6,038 bottles.

Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002

Released strictly for the Ardbeg Committee in 2002, this was a non-age statement whisky made up of whiskies from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. 

Only 3000 bottles were released with the member's name and membership number written on the back of the bottle.

Ardbeg Very Young For Discussion 1997

The very first release of Ardbeg Very Young, bottled ‘For Discussion’ with the Ardbeg Committee.  Containing some of the first spirit created under the ownership of Glenmorangie PLC, distilled during 1997 and bottled 12^th November 2003.

Matured using first fill casks, only 4002 bottles ever existed.

A sherry cask matured Port Ellen as part of Douglas Laing's Provenance range.

Bottled in the summer of 2008 and matured for 25 years since the winter of 1982, independant bottlings are quickly becoming the only affordable way to reach Port Ellen's.

Ardbeg Very Young 1998

The first in Ardbeg’s young series on their ‘path to peaty maturity’, tracing Ardbeg’s path to their new 10 year old.  Bottled in 2004.

Ardbeg Roller Coaster – Committee Reserve

Released June 2010, Ardbeg Rollercoaster was strictly only available at the distillery or via Ardbeg.com.  However Ardbeg did not expect such demand, the website quickly broke and it did not take long for all 15,000 bottles to sell out.

Released to mark the 10th anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee the Rollercoaster consists of ten vintages from 1997 to 2006

• 1997: Second Fill Barrel
• 1998: Refill Hogshead
• 1999: First Fill Barrel
• 2000: First Fill Barrel
• 2001: Refill Barrel
• 2002: Refill Barrel
• 2003: First Fill Barrel
• 2004: First Fill Barrel
• 2005: Second Fill Sherry Butt
• 2006: Refill Hogshead

Released for discussion by the Ardbeg Committee.

Released in June 2011, Ardbeg Alligator takes its name from the aggressive charring of the American casks the whisky was matured in.  This charring level is known as the Alligator char because the cracking of the wood under the heat looks similar to the skin of an Alligator.

Named after the famous whirlpool to the north of Islay, this release of Corryvreckan was only available to Ardbeg Committee members prior to its repackaging and official release in 2008

Bottled on the 19^th March 2008, only 5000 bottles were released.

Released on June 1^st 2012 as Ardbeg’s annual Feis Ile bottling it was not only available at Ardbeg Distillery but also via 100 of Ardbeg’s ‘embassies’.

The hugely popular Ardbeg Day was a limited run of 12,000 bottles partially married in ex refill sherry casks used to mature whisky the Ardbeg Uigeadail.

These 5cl miniatures of Ardbeg Day are very rare.

This is the first bottling of Ardbeg Uigeadail, now a core product for Ardbeg. 

Uigedail is the name of the loch which feeds Ardbeg distillery.  Uigedail has become a much loved whisky, having gained recognition in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible winning ‘World Whisky of the Year’ in 2009.

This Aultmore was distilled in 1983 and bottled as part of the Flora and Fauna Series in 1997.  Only a few distilleries in this series were fortunate enough to be bottled at cask strength.

The result of an accident when very year old Ardbeg gets mixed with 12 year old Glen Moray.

This blended malt was simply 20% Glen moray and 80% Ardbeg.

Released in 2005, there were 16,000 bottles made available.

Please note the sticker mark on the rear of the bottle (an alarm sticker, which it seems is quite difficult to remove)

Released September 2012, the Ardbeg Galileo quickly sold out at retailers. Aged for 12-13 years, the Galileo is a combination of casks matured in first-fill bourbon casks and a peculiar Marsala enhanced version of Ardbeg Alligator.

Released in mid 2013, Arran’s second edition, release in the very popular punch bowl series consists of 27 casks distilled between 1997 and 2004; 17 of which are sherry casks, 6 ‘unpeated’ bourbon casks and 4 peated bourbon casks. Known as the Angels and Devils edition, only 6,600 bottles have been released.

Ardbeg Still Young 1998

Ardbeg Still Young was distilled in 1998 and released in 2007, the second release on the ‘path to peaty maturity’.

Only available at Aberlour distillery, this whiksy was matured exclusively in a first fill sherry cask #13330 for 13 years before being filled by hand on 02/05/04. 

No confirmed ABV; whoever bottled this by hand did not write down the accurate ABV.

One of the older releases from the Flora and Fauna series, Pittyvaich 12 year old.

A memorable mix of 10 sherry hogsheads and 35 bourbon barrels, the Arran Millenium casks were distilled and filled into these casks on the 31^st December 1999 and 1^st January 2000. 

A limited release of 7,800 bottles.

There is a slight mark on the rear of the box measuring about 2cm in length above the barcode.

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in rememberance and hope for a long list distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Distilled in December 2001 and bottled in January 2007 by Alchemist. 

Famous for being the heart of the Teachers blend, Ardmore was rarely recognised as a single malt until recently. 

This 12 year old distilled in 1986 was bottled to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the distillery in 1999 (built in 1899). 

Please note there are sale stickers on the rear of this bottle.

Auchentoshan 10 year old bottled during the 1980s, with the old cream label design.

An older release of 10 year old Auchentoshan.

An older bottling of Pig’s Nose De Luxe 5 year old whisky. 

The first releases of Ardbeg 17 year old sparked a re-newed interest in Ardbeg.  Now several years after being discontinued it is still recognised as a sensational whisky.

This Aberfeldy 25 year old was bottled c2003 by the then owners of Aberfeldy, Diageo. 

This Aberfeldy 25 year old was bottled c2003 by the then owners of Aberfeldy, Diageo. 

An independent Ardbeg distilled on the 28^th February 1991 and bottled on 17^th March 1999. 

Five casks were combined for this whisky, providing a total of 2360 bottles. This particular bottle is number 1890 and is packaged in the old light blue signatory tins.