Ardbeg Hypernova HN2022
/"The smokiest Ardbeg ever to mature into existence."
"The smokiest Ardbeg ever to mature into existence."
The 4th collaborative edition with Nick Offerman, "matured for 11 years and was then aged for 8 months in ex-Caribbean rum casks." "The Caribbean Cask Finish is a first in Lagavulin's 200-year history."
Distilled 2013. "Coull, Rockside, Island, Mulindry, Cruach, Dunlossit, Sunderland Farms"
100 ppm peats
"The rawest, smokiest Ardbeg ever." Bourbon and oloroso sherry casks.
Distilled 2012, bottled 2019.
Distilled 2011, bottled 2018. "6 Aged Years in Oak Casks." "Coull, Rockside, Island, Mulindry, Starchmill, Cruach Farms" Different farms, different terroir.
This is the fourth edition of an Octomore aged for 10 years. 208 ppm peat phenols. Distilled 2009, bottled 2020.
STR (Shaved, Toasted, Re-charred) is a methodology from the late Dr. Jim Swan that gives red wine hogsheads a new lease on life. 43 hogheads filled 2012, bottled 2019. 14,500 bottles
Cask strength. Triple matured, first in ex-Bourbon barrels, second in quarter casks, third in European Oloroso sherry casks.
107 ppm peat phenols. Distilled in 2013. Scottish barley. "FULL TERM MATURATION IN 1ST FILL AMERICAN WHISKEY CASKS FROM JIM BEAM, HEAVEN HILL, BUFFALO TRACE AND JACK DANIELS"
114 ppm peat phenols. Distilled in 2013. Islay barley. "FULL TERM MATURATION IN 1ST FILL AMERICAN WHISKEY CASKS FROM JIM BEAM, HEAVEN HILL, BUFFALO TRACE AND JACK DANIELS". About the only difference from the 10.1 is the use of 100% Islay barley (and the age & ABV)
Matured in Bourbon casks, finished in rum casks.
Double matured in first fill ex-Bourbon casks then finished in Fino Sherry casks.
First 'permanent' release of PC 10. 40 ppm peat phenols. Distilled 2007, bottled 2018. This differs from the PC 10 Second Limited Edition (besides the dates) because of different casks used, only American whiskey and French wine casks per data sheet. No sherry or tempranillo casks.
Matured in wine casks that had been charred to produce grooves in the wood.
Bottled April 2016
"This 2017 bottling is a Cask Strength Quarter Cask, which uses the art of aging in smaller casks to create more intense maturation through greater contact with the American Oak"
Cask strength. Distilled 12-2-2004, bottled 1-20-2015.
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