Give your taste-buds a thrill! (Ardbeg's Ten Years Old)

Member Name: johnnylondon

Product:	Ardbeg's Ten Years Old
Date:	03/08/02 (272 review reads)
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Advantages: arresting flavour, not coloured or filtered, beautiful bottle

Disadvantages: too "exciting" for some tastes?, you'll never go back to cheap whisky!

If you think that all whisky is the same, do yourself a favour and try a bottle of this wonderfully snappy Islay single malt.

At last, it's becoming widely available in supermarkets, after being a wel-kept secret for many years.

The makers make big claims for it, describing it as "...the best whisky in the world" - but they might just have a point. If you like your whisky soft and mellow, you should buy something else, but if you're already a fan of peaty malts like Laphroaig or Lagavulin, or simply want to try something more complex and challenging, you won't be disappointed. It's stronger than most malts, bottled at 46%, and I'd recommend you start off by adding a little water to it, just to bring out the flavour and take off some of the alcohol burn.

It's not the cheapest bottle on the supermarket shelf, but not over-priced in the context of the single malt market - and you'll be getting what I think is one of the finest drinks in the world for your money.

Slainte!

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