Ardbeg Feis Ile 2013 Ardbog
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Lot number: 300059
Winning bid: £100
This year's Feis Ile offering from Ardbeg is the Ardbog. Aged in a combination of bourbon as well as some Manzanilla sherry casks.
52.1% ABV / 70cl.
From the Master of Malt website comes this potted history of Ardbeg:
Ardbeg lies solitary in a small cove off the south coast of Islay. It was once a stage for illegal distillation when smugglers took advantage of the remote location and exceptional conditions for whisky production. Eventually, excise men seized the original, illegitimate buildings from the smugglers and destroyed them. It was not until 1815 that a legal distillery was established and founded by John McDougall. Sitting nearby leviathan distilleries; Laphroaig and Lagavulin, Ardbeg has always produced a very sought-after single malt, despite its production scale being less than half that of its neighbours.
After running into some financial difficulties the distillery closed in 1981 and it was not until 1989 that distillation resumed, although on a very small scale. After closing again in 1996 then owners, Allied Domecq, put the distillery up for sale. It was bought in 1997 by Glenmorangie Co and was, at last, restored to its former grandeur.