News: Ardbeg Kelpie

The newest Ardbeg – ready to be released in 2017 – is named Ardbeg Kelpie . The label for a Committee Edition 2017 has popped up in the TTB Colas and this usually means the details are final.

Ardbeg Kelpie is matured in virgin casks , made from new oak grown in the Republic of Adygea (Russia, near the Crimea) by the Black Sea . The tasting notes are said to revolve around  oily peat, dark chocolate and smoked fish (like any Ardbeg, right?). On the back label we also read herbal notes, hickory wood and seaweed (kelp).

The name Kelpie...