The next limited release from Ardbeg has arrived at Forsyth --
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Sorry, if you did not get a confirmation email, you were not one of the first 6. It lasted just a few minutes.
"Welcome to what is now becoming an annual occurrence: a new Ardbeg release. Last year it was Rollercoaster. This year, it’s Ardbeg Alligator. Why the name Alligator? Well, a portion of the whisky was aged in heavily charred barrels (that Bill refers to as an “Alligator” char).
As he describes it: “It’s similar to Ardbeg 10 year old, but with bells and whistles.” (I was waiting for him to say it’s like the 10 year old, but a bit more hard-skinned and with a bite. 
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)The age of the whisky is also very similar to Ardbeg 10. It’s a combination of some “regular” Ardbeg with some of the Alligator char-aged Ardbeg which was then aged an additional year in refill casks to marry and integrate. (I promised Bill I wouldn’t go into any more detail than this, so please don’t ask.)
My thoughts?: It’s an aggressive Ardbeg (and will be bottled at 51.7%) with a good dose of smoked fish in the flavor profile. The nice thing about it is that there’s a good creamy vanilla underbelly to balance the aggressiveness and (at least partially) muzzle the Alligator. Alligator should be available here in the U.S. in June as an “Ardbeg Committee” release." -- What does John know? Malt Advocate
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4 comments:
I could not even get threw checkout fast enough to get a bottle. Not very fair if ya ask me.
I fucking had it and the goddam system booted me out.
I got one After all I just didn't get a conformation screen. It was weird but thanks TWACP!
Would the only fair way be if you got a bottle??? The fastest 6 people got a bottle, it is as simple as that. I tried to give warning on facebook and the blog and email. There is no easy way when there are only 6 bottles and probably hundreds of people want them
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