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ARDBEG DISTILLERY
Major investment in the reopening of this classic waterside distillery was the most exciting news in the malt whisky industry on the eve of the new millennium. There is even a possibility that malting might be restored at Ardbeg. The maltings were unusual in that there were no fans, causing the peat smoke to permeate very heavily. This is evident in older bottlings. The peaty origins of the water are also a big influence in the whiskey’s earthy, tar-like flavors. Some lovers of Ardbeg believe that an apple-wood, lemon-skin fruitiness derives from a recirculatory system in the spirit still. The distillery traces its history to 1794. The maltings last worked in 1976-77, though supplies of their malted barley were no doubt eked out a little longer. Ardbeg closed in the early 1980s, but towards the end of that decade began to work again, albeit very sporadically, using malt from Port Ellen. Whisky produced at that time was due to be released as a new, probably less peaty, ten-year-old around the turn of the millennium. The distillery is currently buying an especially heavily peated malt, the impact of which will be seen in bottlings in the course of the next ten years. Various owners and bottlers have over the years made available an astonishing diversity of Ardbegs.
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