Airigh Nam Beist

[Ho-cheng Yao]

Got one bottle in Royal Mile last week.

Ardbeg 1990/2006 Airigh Nam Beist (46%, OB)
Color: light gold, clear.
Nose: sweet, very peaty. lot's malt. Earthy, reminds you the bog.  Adding
water get some floral nose.
Palate: burning, robust, hot.  Very Ardbeg in mid-palate. Medium body.
finished long. very salty.
Conclusion: 90 points. A simple but sweet and enjoyalbe Ardbeg.  Good for
everyday dram.(but consindering the price, I think 10yo is a better choice.)
Finished very well.  Last very long, and will attract you to get another
dram very quickly.  (My score changed form 86 to 88 and to 90, I guess it's
mainly the good finish.)

And, sorry, but I think this one is very good to drink on the rocks.  I do
agree that the first dram reminds me the 1977 as well.

Ho-cheng
from Taiwan


2006/10/17, Gordon Homer <gordon.homer at btinternet.com>:
>
>     Hi Ian ,
>  Here are my thoughts from other forums....
>
> A lovely bright gold colour and really oily (it's got Legs and knows how
> to use them …..) , a very complex nose , creamy fudge , lemon (citric) ,
> peat smoke , slight cocoa but I can't get the much mentioned Pine nuts (we
> use them quite a bit in cooking and they don't smell of much to me ....) .
> Later on there is a lot of coastal ozone (the seaweedy , at the seashore
> type of smell) .
> On the palate a great wallop of peat ! Followed by smoke , pepper , creamy
> chocolate fudge and a very refined smoothness .
> The finish is amazing , very long , peat , creamy and cocoa .
> Boy what a dram !
> It has touches of the 1977 about it and also the Ten , extremely well
> balanced IMHO , this is a superb addition to the range , it is priced
> competitively , I thought they might have charged somewhat more than the £45
> after the recent 1975's and 1965 !
> It appears to get bigger the more you taste it .....
> A Peet-heeds delight !
> Release the beast it says on the Bottle ....too bloody right !
>
> Haven't a clue how many bottles but i think i may need to stock up on a
> few........
>
> Slainte
> Gordon
>
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