So, last year I posted a review of every Ardbeg Day bottling released up until that point except for Blaaack as I hadn’t acquired a bottle yet and didn’t see it in any US shops. I arranged the pictures as an array of all the bottles in the “series” with the one being reviewed moved to the center. Then, after I reviewed them, I came across a bottle of Blaaack in a shop and picked it up. That meant that I could use the boxes to reset the photo for Blaaack, but the other reviews would all be lacking Blaaack in the photo which was unacceptable. As such I decided to pour a new dram just for the photo and begin an infinity/solera bottle themed around Ardbeg Day. This review is of that bottle, with approximately 50ml of each release from Alligator to Blaaack marrying in the bottle for a year, with Scorch added afterward to marry until next year. Since my buddy saved his empty Blue Label bottle for me for purposes of an infinity bottle, I bought some stickers from etsy to make this the bottle an approximation of the prestigious one seen in Archer.
Ardbeg Day Solera Bottle, Glengoolie Blue, Islay Single Malt, 48.78% ABV
Minutia: A vatting of approximately 50ml of every Ardbeg Day release from Alligator through Blaaack, with about a year in the bottle. ABV is a ballpark average of the ABVs of the components. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
This feels a bit underwhelming, but in the way that much older whisky can be, not a 40%, chill-filtered, NAS release. It’s neat, and I’m looking forward to how it changes as the annual releases get added.
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