Ardbeg Ardcore Committee Scotch Whisky

Ardcore is created from who knows how many different malts, roasted to the extreme. This spirit is all about what happens up front centre stage. The malt is what defines its distinctive profile. Described as tasting like ‘biting on a spiky ball’, Ardcore is a dram that wears its heart on its sleeve… its black heart!

Word on the street is that Ardcore is a whisky for ’the modern man’. If you love your whisky gritty, earthy and full-frontal then this may be just the dram for you. Full of bite, with notes of charcoal and sweet smoke it’ll keep coming back for another sip!

COLOR
Pale, translucent gold.

NOSE
Spicy and savoury, Ardcore grips the senses with waves of marmite, burnt toast, chicory charcoal and infused coffee grounds making for a mosh pit in the glass. Like a safety pin through the septum, a classic Ardbeg herbal top note is present, while swirling, smoky bonfire and molasses loiter backstage.

TASTE
A jaw dropping spicy and fiery mouthfeel leads to an explosion of rich, smoky flavours – cocoa powder, dark chocolate, peanut brittle toffee, smoked lime and a suggestion of soot and bonfire embers all pogo in unison on the palate. Amped up aniseed and malty biscuit elbow their way to the fore, punkturing taste buds.

FINISH
In an altogether sweeter finish, long, lingering notes of treacle toffee, soot and smoke make for an anarchic, but delicious, aftertaste.