Ardbeg Wee Beastie (5 Years Old)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2022
- Details from the Ardbeg Website:
IT’S A MONSTER OF A DRAM
Ardbeg Wee Beastie is the latest permanent expression to join the Distillery’s Ultimate Range. At just five years old, Wee Beastie is a feisty young creature with a formidable taste.
SOMETHING BIG AND SMOKY…
Our whisky creators set out to make the rawest, smokiest Ardbeg ever. The result is Ardbeg Wee Beastie and this tongue-tingling, beautifully smoky dram is the youngest Ardbeg we’ve ever made.
On the snout, intense aromas of cracked blacked pepper mingle with sappy pine resin and a sharp tang of smoke. Suddenly, an explosive mouthfeel bursts forth with chocolate, creosote and tar. Savoury meats sink into the palate before the long salty mouthcoating finish slinks away… revealing the inner beast of this Islay icon.
Young and intensely smoky, this is a dram untamed by age. Matured in ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks, Wee Beastie is perfect for enjoying neat or as the mouth-watering main ingredient in a powerfully smoky cocktail.
Non chill-filtered at 47.4%.
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Great wee dram, no brainer for the price and kudos to Ardbeg for putting an age statement on it. Nothing wrong with younger peated whisky, just ask uncle Octomore!
Exactly that! Some may have done an NAS but I'm super happy to see the big ol' 5
Love this Ardbeg! Nice price and I really like the smoke! Lagavulin and Ardbeg are faves! Great review! Thanks so much! Peat head here! $80.00 in British Columbia before taxes. 🙂
This and deanston virgin oak when discounted are the two best for value for money Quality stuff.
no need to apologise Vin - re age statement whisky - just carry on as you are please - its a different take on scotch and after all variety is what makes the journey so fun
I used to try to keep a decent rotation on sub genres but I seem to have gone off on an exploration tangent recently. Nice to come back to Scotch though
Fantastic release. When I first got it. The store by me had it on the shelf a few days early so I ran over to grab one. But they had it priced the same as the 10 yo. So I hesitated for a split second and then I said to myself. You’re not an Ardbeg fan if you don’t get it. 😂 so I did and wasn’t disappointed at all 🤙🥃
Haha you gotta try it right!
Great review Vin, and I look forward to trying this one.
Please don't change the way you run your channel as the way you're running it is what makes it so appealing. Your honest, to the point and no 'whisky snobbery' reviews make them so enjoyable, especially for newcomers to whisky. IMHO, it's great to see reviews that are not all about pricy, cask strength, age stated, cork plugged bottles, so no need to apologise about age statements.
Keep up the great work. Cheers 🥃🥃
Cheers Nick, I appreciate that. Have no fear, I'll always cover what I can afford. Most of the scotch I have coming up is NAS too 🤣
I have grown to enjoy this one. Glad you seem to resonate with it too. Cheers!
Try an Arran 10 after an Ardbeg 5 (yes, I know it's taboo) it's like tasting the best sweet honey (with a twist of lemon) on a smoky tongue. Gotta try these things.
One of the best things I tried was a quality cask aged rum after heavy peat. Try it, it's incredible
sounds like a solid Ardbeg. I really need to give this a try.
Depends how much you can get it for but absolutely!
It’s fantastic!
You had me on “dirty peat”
🤤🤤🤤
Excellent VPub and a fine review. Thanks 🙏 cheers from Milano Italy 🇮🇹 ciao S.
Thanks for tuning in! Really appreciate it
I like this one Vin. Islay Scotch doesn’t really get hurt by being a bit younger. The thing I would warn those that haven’t tried it yet is that you need to get past the “neck”. This one changes quite a bit past the neck. When I had my first pour I really thought it was disappointing. So I let it be for a bit. I came back on the second pour and it was slightly better. From the third pour down, it was terrific. We pay $49.99 USD here. That’s a fair price. The Ten is $55.99. I wouldn’t buy the Wee Beasty as a replacement for the Ten. I buy it as a compliment to the Ten.
A good lesson in whisky. I always try to leave a bottle for a while if I haven't enjoyed the neck
I love Wee Beastie far more than I expected to. It's a real winter warmer, so I've got a couple of bottles for Christmas.
Same here! For the price you can't go wrong
Summer camp fire dram for me
Cheers Vin. Like you, my bottle has been left for about two years with the level up to the '5' on the label (about a third full). Because of this vid I just went back to it, dusty at the back of the shelf. it is great stuff. Definitely dirty, seaweed BBQ, earthy, and weird! But lovely and fresh.
Really is a lovely drop!
@@NoNonsenseWhisky It's much more complex than a 'wee beastie' should be!
The offer price is brilliant for this bottle, was very happy to grab it under £30, even if I don't tend to reach for it often. I am not sure if the ten has increased a bit in cost since this came out but great to see an Ardbeg in the supermarket.
Yeah about 30 is right for it I reckon. The 10 used to be 40-45 but I've seen it over 50 regularly now which is a big shame
Thats a wee great dram!
A little cracker!
I agree with you. It’s a great dram and I would even slightly prefer it compared with the Ten.
IMO, it blows the 10 away!
Hi Vin ! Uuuu Ardbeggggg ))) My favorite distilery , good job ! Slainte Mhath !
I only wish I could get more of it
@@NoNonsenseWhisky I wish Ardbeg never ends in our bar )))
I really enjoyed the bottle of this I got last year, punchy dirty smoke and peat from the young age but a subtle fruity sweetness too.
The young age really doesn't seem to hurt heavily peated whisky much. A 5 year old Watt Whisky Inchfad from Loch Lomond I picked up a couple months ago has really impressed me for the age of it too.
Peat and youth definitely seem to work well. The Mackmyra I released last year was only 3 years and you couldn't tell
Love the Wee Beastie, from the name, to the nose, to the taste, it's a fantastic expression. The Uigeadail is superior of course, but for the price range, it's a great expression. The Corryvreckan is a bit much for me, (but it does make for a fantastic Penicillin), that said, the Wee Beastie is going to be a staple in my liquor cabinet. It's "green" compared to other Ardbegs, but it's also much less expensive. Strongly recommended for fans of peat.
I recently picked up the 10 on offer for £37 which is the cheapest I’ve seen that.
Ooof maybe I got lucky last year then.
Ive enjoyed the WB and for 30 quid its good value!
I think 30 or less is a great price for it. Buy any time
Where I live the Wee Beastie is 20$ cheaper than the 10 (CAD price). So I bought a bottle as my first Ardbeg and I really like it ! Next buy is probably gonna be Laphroaig 10 !
That's a good enough price diff to justify it for sure. Hope you like the Laphroaig, it's a very different kind of peat but so so good
@@NoNonsenseWhisky yeah it’s different for sure. I tasted Laphroaig a few times and was always impressed. And I’m lucky here in Canada we get 43% ABV with the 10 year old.
Great review. Thanks. But I think I would be tempted to pay a little extra to get the 10.
Nothin wrong with that!
Ardbeg 10 is on club card over with Tesco. Personally with this offer I think the 10 is better value.
100% agree. The 10 is a superior whisky that I would choose when the price is close
Ardbeg 10 any day for me... It's worth the added expense.
Never the 5 at all?
@@NoNonsenseWhisky I had a bottle of the Wee Beastie when it first became available in my area, and I had to jump a few hoops in order to get that bottle into my possession... It was alright, but I was not impressed enough to make a repeat purchase.
@@foodquig to be fair, if it was hard to get at all then its not worth it 👌
@@NoNonsenseWhisky It's easy to get now that I don't want any 😆
Personally I think the 5 is better than the 10. The 5 reminds me of a baby Cory. The 10, while slightly smoother, I find boring by comparison. The 5 packs a nicer punch
Vintage + bottling date is an age statement though.
True!
Tesco actually has the 10 year old for £38 right now, but I think its online only? I went in to get a bottle and it wasn't on offer but you can get it delivered from the website at £38.
Wowzer that's a decent price that!
Get a Tesco Clubcard (free) and you’ll get the discount in store 👍
@@NickDV007 Yea I've got one but on the shelf it wasn't marked as clubcard price, so I asked a staff member and they said it was just regular price. I'll go back in a few days and check again, it's possible it hadn't been updated in stores when I was looking.
@@joshkennedy7856 Sounds odd, and not happened to me. The only reason I got the Clubcard was for their whisky discount! 😉
@@NickDV007 Yea I was very confused as were the staff! Cheers.
Did they start adding colour? I have a bottle and it's definitely not coloured, but your version looks like it has a tad bit of e150
I think they've been adding colour for a while now but I can't be 100% on that.
@@NoNonsenseWhisky well that's depressing, at least it isn't chill-filtered
@@ricardodelorenzo3954 it's a bit pointless behind the green glass as well
@@NoNonsenseWhisky true, same with laphroaig unfortunately
Wow, it's definitely darker than my Ardbeg 10 which is like white wine. It could be food colouring, but it could also be the cask makeup. From the sounds of it Ardbeg 5 is partly aged in ex-sherry casks, which could be imparting the colour.
An Oh. And that's true.
Double true
Ardbeg. 5 better than 10 year ardbeg
ABSOLUTELY!
Never apologise.
Hell of a lot of nonsense there. Especially a near 10 min video to try and get better results from TH-cam.
Thanks for your moronic input on that one, I'll stick it in the filing basket labelled BIN