Ardbeg - Guaranteed 8 Years Old

Ardbeg 8 Years Old is a big, youthful, deliberately challenging whisky that smoke-loving, insanely committed Ardbeg Committee Members will go wild for. Unmistakeable smoky intensity. Charcoal and creosote. Curious hints of fennel and celery mixed with woodsmoke. Tasting Notes
 Appearance= Pale Straw
 Nose = Intense with a burst of charcoal, creosote, tar and treacle toffee, with curious hints of something vegetal, like fennel, celery and green peppers. Once these subside, there
 are hints of milk chocolate, aniseed and woodsmoke. With a little drop of water, some more herbal notes appear, like fennel, coriander and
 lavender, along with some characteristic Ardbeg aromatic woodsmoke and a hint of
 fresh, salty sea spray.
 Taste =A distinctively peppery mouthfeel eases into a complex symphony of flavours; treacle toffee, aniseed, salted caramel chocolate, eucalyptus, menthol and briar wood, to
 name but a few. The ‘tingling’, peppery sensation on the palate continues, with the
 sweeter flavours giving way to more savoury notes like charcoal, smoked bacon, burnt
 toast and tar.
 Finish = The aftertaste is long and lingering, with a suggestion of peppermint and clove.