Last year for Ardbeg Day I reviewed all of them through the release for that year, Blaaack. Unfortunately I hadn’t been lucky enough to find the Committee Releases so those reviews were all of the standard 46% release (except the ones that didn’t get two versions). Since then I’ve acquired a couple samples of CR bottles, as well as managed to find a bottle of one, so this year I’m going to review those (with side by side notes with the 46% version), the Committee Release from earlier this year - Arrrrrrrdbeg!, and my Ardbeg Day solera bottle (equal parts of each release from Alligator forward, this year’s review going up through Blaaack with a year marrying in the bottle). Anyway, here’s the review of the CR of Drum.
Ardbeg Drum, Islay Single Malt, 52% ABV
Minutia: Matured in ex-bourbon casks and finished in ex-rum casks, bottled in 2018. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Nose: Smoke with a creamy element. Banana. Some tropical fruit (non-specific and vague). Cookie/dough. Standard release is mostly that doughy bit with some tropical fruit tones.
Taste: Banana, piña colada. Slight smoke/woodish. Standard release is mostly creamy banana.
Finish: Oaky, green smoke. Coconut. Medium-long. Standard release is mostly oaky.
A step up from the standard release, for sure, but still a lesser offering among their annual releases.
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