Ardbeg Alligator

[mici]

hej googlade runt nyss och ramlade på en ny ardbeg .är det nåt ni vet nåt om den heter tydligen ardbeg alligator kan inte hitta när den ska släppas.

[Hammock]

"I can only assume it's whisky from heavly charred casks.

Can't wait to get my hands on a bottle, will keep you posted.

its due for committee in March and civilians in June"

Läst på WhiskyGuild.com

[Zarkov]

Ett annat blogginlägg:

It seems a new Ardbeg expression is ready to be launched: Ardbeg Alligator (according to Angus who used to work there if I'm not mistaken). Alligator is the name of the deepest way of charring / toasting casks. It refers to the resulting scale-like pattern of burnt wood, similar to a croc's skin. Almost all bourbon makers use this type of charring, but for Scotch distilleries it's less common. Ardbeg did some experiments with heavily charred new oak casks and released two of them for Feis Ile 2009: Ardbeg 1998 cask 1189 and Ardbeg 1998 cask 1190. I liked those casks A LOT (although most other people didn't seem to care much) so I'm really looking forward to the release. Especially since they focus less on the peat smoke and more on good bourbon flavours (vanilla, cocoa, mint, tobacco).

Och ett tredje:

From the name I suspect it will be Ardbeg that is either matured or finished in (hopefully the former) charred American oak casks. When a cask is charred heavily on the inside it is often referred to as an 'Alligator' due to the appearance of the staves after such a furious burning. I remember there were a couple of casks of 1998 Ardbeg that were at the distillery when I was there that were both heavily charred hogsheads. We used to sample them often because they were a pretty fascinating slant on standard Ardbeg, almost akin to a heavily peated bourbon. These casks ended up being bottled as a pair for the Islay Festival a couple of years ago and were sold for something ridiculous like sixteen thousand Guineas a piece or something like that. Anyway while we wait with slavering, baited and somewhat pointless breath for this new 'Beg to arrive (its due for committee in March and civilians in June) lets have a few more natural Ardbegs to pass the time

Intressant! Undrar om webshopen klarar anstormingen den här gången?

[Robins]

Det är alltid lika kul när Ardbeg släpper en ny flaska. Spelar ingen roll om den är bra eller dålig. Ser fram mot detta.

[mejparn]

Tror inte ens jag orkar lägga ner nån energi denna gång.....

[H W]

Bra info. Tack för detta!

[Lutfisk]

Tror inte ens jag orkar lägga ner nån energi denna gång.....

Kände exakt samma här. Blir att sampla men inge mer...

[Lemmy]

Håller me' Mejparn o Lutfisk!

[ardbeg67]

Jag gillade de heavily charred new oak casks som släpptes på Feis Ile 2009 skarpt. Så en Alligator får det nog bli...

[LasseL]

Jo, man ska ha en. Men jag kommer nog inte att hänga på låset. Följer det samma mönster som Rollercoastersläppet så är det ju gott om tid.