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By Randall H. Borkus
Ranking: B-
(Credit score: Randall H. Borkus)
The Unicorn’s Story is the second launch in Ardbeg’s Anthology Assortment, showcasing the distillery’s creativity. Dr. Invoice Lumsden, head whisky creation and distilling at Ardbeg, names every whisky within the assortment after a special mythological creature. So this time, it’s a unicorn.
Lumsden stated, “At Ardbeg we like to experiment with how we are able to push our spirit’s smoky steadiness into new worlds of taste. A while in the past, we determined to attempt maturing Ardbeg in uncommon cask sorts for the distillery to create candy and smoky ‘hybrids’ – and so the Anthology Assortment was born.”
I couldn’t assist however discover final 12 months’s Anthology Assortment launch, “The Harpy’s Story” continues to be out there in each Binny’s liquor retailer I visited in my travels to Chicago. I even noticed it on the shelf in North Dakota someplace lately. I need to admit it strikes me to pause and surprise why.
The Scotch
This whisky is bottled at 46% ABV and aged for 14 years.
The nostril stunned me with a butterscotch vanilla scent nestled in a big phenol overtone. The palate has a medium to skinny mouthfeel, however the taste takes proper off with a burst of candy citrus, malt, peated vanilla bean, smoky cooked fruits dusted with a sandalwood dryness. The end medium and dry. It leaves a smoky bedrock coated with hints of brine, cooked down honey and a cool menthol feeling.
I need to admit the butterscotch vanilla scent on the nostril actually obtained my consideration however after a number of pours, general, this whisky jogs my memory of each different Ardbeg expression with its heavy phenol dose. Peat lovers ought to take pleasure in this Ardbeg rendition, the worth tag not withstanding.
The Worth
The Unicorn’s Story price ticket of $169.99 will make it a troublesome buy, in case you understand you should purchase an Ardbeg 10 Yr previous for $69.99.
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