Late again… you know, vacation and such.

Ardbeg Grooves was the yearly release for Ardbeg Day 2018 . It is made with some red wine casks that were intensely (re-)charred, resulting in heavy grooves in the wood.

Ardbeg Grooves (46%, OB 2018)

Nose: sour berries, eucalyptus and hints of rubber shoe soles at first. Vanilla pastry, toasted wood and salted popcorn. Strawberries in the background. A bit of a funny mix so far. Pine resin and briny notes. White pepper too. Youngish and you feel the aromatic wood trickery, but nothing’s out of balance so it kinda works....