Ardbeg Heavy Vapours Glenfiddich To create a single malt

To create a single malt evocative of a trip to the ice cream parlour

and everyone would pronounce it Arrrrrrrdbeg

This rare bottling from Glenfiddich has been matured for eighteen years in a combination of sherry and bourbon casks

A smoky single malt here from Benromach and its Contrasts series

Ardbeg Heavy Vapours Glenfiddich To create a single maltA fascinating one from Ardbeg, Heavy Vapours is the Islay distillery's whisky with the gloves taken off. Meaning it was distilled without using Ardbegs purifier. Typically, vapours that rise up the still are captured by this piece of equipment, which sits on the lyne arm of Ardbegs spirit still. It captures heavier compounds and condenses them, causing them to fall back into the still. The vapours fall back into the still, are heated again, and so