This whisky is near the top of my list of whiskies I used to drink routinely and would love to try one last time with my current palate. This is the whisky that hooked me years ago, and I wonder what I'd make of it now, particularly given the underpowered abv. Your review suggests that it has a lot going for it regardless, and I hope that I can find at least a mini someday. A sad story: When it was discontinued, I bought two bottles, intending to drink one and save the other. I left the second bottle and a few others hidden at my parents' place in Canada when I moved abroad... where it was unfortunately found and consumed (with Coke) by my mother, who didn't realise that it was irreplaceable. Alas.
I feel your pain over those two lost bottles. I bet it didn't even go that well with the coke 😕 I'd thoroughly recommend getting a mini if you have the chance. I've had a few now as special treats and kept the bottles and presentation tins because even though they're empty now it's a little bit of Ardbeg history. Regarding the ABV, yeah 40% almost always sucks but the quality of Ardbeg 17 carries it through to the point where the intensity is essentially not a problem. Great whisky!
I saw that a couple of hours ago! Are you tempted to buy one? Mind boggling that they want it to be minimum strength... I feel there's going to be some story about it being exactly the same recipe with the authentic ABV... 🙄 I'd love to try a sample of the new 17 (and will review it if I find one) but my guess is that it will be 17years old EXACTLY. Whereas what made the old 17 so great was that it was clearly padded out by much older stuff.
@@WhiskyLock yes i think you’re absolutely right on both the age of the liquid and that they will justify the 40% for the reason you suggest. Of course if they were really keeping to the same recipe then they would keep the ABV and the older stock…..
@@koski1885 if they really did make it exactly the same (with lots of 20yo+ stock) then that would be amazing. We all know they'd charge mega bucks for something like that though 🤑 hell... they probably will anyway!
Agreed. Each to their own but the £650 that I'm seeing this for at the moment is too much for any bottle of whisky IMHO. Especially as it used to sell for less than a tenth of that price originally. Clynelish 14 is an interesting replacement for this. While I don't think it quite ticks all the boxes it's not a million miles away and is much more affordable 👍
Ha! Some of the rarer whiskies that I've managed to try have been from very old miniatures. I suspect some of the sellers may not have accepted my money if they'd known :-) but I am not a collector...
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This whisky is near the top of my list of whiskies I used to drink routinely and would love to try one last time with my current palate. This is the whisky that hooked me years ago, and I wonder what I'd make of it now, particularly given the underpowered abv. Your review suggests that it has a lot going for it regardless, and I hope that I can find at least a mini someday. A sad story: When it was discontinued, I bought two bottles, intending to drink one and save the other. I left the second bottle and a few others hidden at my parents' place in Canada when I moved abroad... where it was unfortunately found and consumed (with Coke) by my mother, who didn't realise that it was irreplaceable. Alas.
I feel your pain over those two lost bottles. I bet it didn't even go that well with the coke 😕
I'd thoroughly recommend getting a mini if you have the chance. I've had a few now as special treats and kept the bottles and presentation tins because even though they're empty now it's a little bit of Ardbeg history.
Regarding the ABV, yeah 40% almost always sucks but the quality of Ardbeg 17 carries it through to the point where the intensity is essentially not a problem. Great whisky!
Managed to nab one at £170.. miss those days.
Very good price! Enjoy 🙂
A new ‘committee’ release of the 17 has been confirmed - also at 40%!
I saw that a couple of hours ago! Are you tempted to buy one?
Mind boggling that they want it to be minimum strength... I feel there's going to be some story about it being exactly the same recipe with the authentic ABV... 🙄
I'd love to try a sample of the new 17 (and will review it if I find one) but my guess is that it will be 17years old EXACTLY. Whereas what made the old 17 so great was that it was clearly padded out by much older stuff.
@@WhiskyLock yes i think you’re absolutely right on both the age of the liquid and that they will justify the 40% for the reason you suggest. Of course if they were really keeping to the same recipe then they would keep the ABV and the older stock…..
@@koski1885 if they really did make it exactly the same (with lots of 20yo+ stock) then that would be amazing. We all know they'd charge mega bucks for something like that though 🤑 hell... they probably will anyway!
A bottle that if feeling flush to acquire , would only be opened for those rare special occasions.
At £600 a full sized bottle I dont think I've ever been that flush :-) but yes, really one for special occasions!
My Dad still raves about this but would never spend hundreds on a bottle. I saw somewhere that maybe Clynelish 14 is similar?
Agreed. Each to their own but the £650 that I'm seeing this for at the moment is too much for any bottle of whisky IMHO. Especially as it used to sell for less than a tenth of that price originally.
Clynelish 14 is an interesting replacement for this. While I don't think it quite ticks all the boxes it's not a million miles away and is much more affordable 👍
no apologies !! I drink all the miniatures I can get.
And I want more...
Ha! Some of the rarer whiskies that I've managed to try have been from very old miniatures. I suspect some of the sellers may not have accepted my money if they'd known :-) but I am not a collector...