A 25 Year Old Ardbeg by The Duchess, distilled in a period in which the distillery was only operating two months out of every year. Very rare to see bottlings from this period.
The release of the Ardbeg An Oa represents the first addition to Ardbeg's core range since 2009. Now that's enough to even get someone like me, an Ardbeg skeptic, excited.
Ardbeg Blaaack? A younger Thijs would've hated this and pretty much discarded the whisky before ever tasting it. I guess I've mellowed or—and this is certainly possible—they've broken me.