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2008
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70cl
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Single Cask
#Ardbeg 1998 Single Cask
#1371209
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Bottle Details

Ardbeg 1998 Single New Toasted Cask #1190 / Feis Ile 2009

You would not think it to see it now, but Ardbeg had a difficult time of it for much of the 20th century. The distillery was bought in a joint venture between Hiram Walker and DCL in 1959, both intending to supply their blends. The subsequent years were very successful, but DCL backed out in 1979 (closing many of their other distilleries a few years later), and Hiram Walker then struggled in the 1980s era oversupply when interest is blended Scotch was waning. They closed it down for the majority of the decade. It re-opened briefly in the 1990s before being revived for good by Glenmorangie plc in 1997.

This whisky was filled into new toasted hogshead #1190 on 11th May 1998 and eventually bottled on 10th December 2008.

One of 282 bottles made available exclusively for Feis Ile in 2009.

Feis Ile, also known as the Islay Festival of Music and Malt had humble beginnings. It traces it origins back to 1985 and the establishment of The Islay Festival Association after it was realised that an event celebrating Gaelic, music and culture would drive tourism to the island. The inaugural event was two weeks of music, drama and workshops with ceilidhs, concerts and dances in the evening. The first whisky tasting took place as a festival event in 1990, and ten years later the island's distilleries began to be directly involved, organising their annual open days to coincide with it. Today it is one of the biggest events on the whisky calendar, annually drawing hundreds of revellers, and turning out an increasingly sought-after batch of limited edition whiskies like this.

 

Distillery
Distillery status
Operational
Age
10 year old
Vintage
1998
Production Type
Single malt
Cask type
New toasted oak hogshead
Region
Islay
Brand
Bottle count
282

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