Ardbeg Eureka! is a tribute to its loyal Committee and its 200,000-strong membership on the 25th anniversary of its founding. To create this release, Ardbeg asked a select group (100 members from 15 different countries) from the Committee to go to a hidden corner of the Distillery on Ardbeg Day 2023 and participate in an experiment named Operation Smokescreen. There they tasted and discussed five extreme (and secret) examples of Ardbeg and the findings were sent to the sensory laboratory. There Dr Bill Lumsden, Ardbeg’s director of whisky creation, and master blender Gillian Macdonald used the findings to create a bottling representing the Committee’s multi-faceted preferences.After months of experimentation, the pair created a fascinating product. They combined whisky aged in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks with roasted malt spirit matured in bourbon cask and bottled the whole thing up at 52.5% ABV.
Region - Islay / Scotland