Ardbeg 17y/o 'The Legend Returns' 40%ABV 30ML Tasmania This is a promising distillery

This is a promising distillery and they have lots of casks maturing including many Sakura casks (Japanese Cherry Wood)

they use open-top fermentation that allows for a warmer fermentation

A lengthy fermentation period of 160 hours results in a fruit-forward spirit that lends itself perfectly to ageing in the finest Sherry oak

Touches of caraway and sweeter wholegrain bread

allowing the maritime their peat smoke to subtly shine through

Ardbeg 17y/o 'The Legend Returns' 40%ABV 30ML Tasmania This is a promising distilleryThe return of a classic. The original was a great whisky but was a little underpowered at 40%ABV many of the casks in the vat were much older than 17 years Ardbeg was mostly closed from 1981 to 1997 just a few runs occasionally to keep the stills functioning so the 17year old was rumoured to contain much older stock that had fallen below 40% so despite the low abv there was a lot of character in the whisky. This new 17y o is just a marketing ploy to