Ardbeg Perpetuum

Nice and round, easy to drink. Strong peaty nose, very sweet taste. All the Ladies in my group loved it (even the non-Whisky drinker), but this one is not only meant for them! Get it, according to the Distillery there are 12000 bottles, only available on Islay!

clear structure, medium complexity. I like it very much.

Quite shy on the nose, pretty good on the palate

it was announced to us new ∞ old we take a lot of time and openness to allow ourselves to yes it is new with old, very nice the perpetual can really inspire 200 years Ardbeg ... Congratulation Ardbeg, well done yes! I'm in a new Ardbeg heaven

Still available at the distillery for £70. According to the staff the stock should last for the rest of the year and an additional 3000 bottles can be bottled if they run out to early making the total number of bottles 15000.

This certainly is good Ardbeg, but I have had better, like the Ardbog or even the Auriverdes. Having said that, I still much prefer spending my money on the great Uigeadail.

No high flyer, the "normal" Ten is better balanced. It's OK, but no more than that. Boring whisky.

peat, earth, caramel, apple, hay, all right

The first time I tried this whisky in 2018, and then I didn’t really like it. Now he breathed well and seemed much better than before.

Nose: Not bad-smelling lactobacillus, a pleasant combination of woody tones and smoky peat, sea breeze and some iodine, some light-colored fruit hidden beneath the lactobacillus are the main notes. Followed by a small amount of citrus and finely crushed spices, the overall smell is lacking in expressiveness, and the aroma is too monotonous, which is not an interesting thing for me. Drink: Good oily feeling, full-bodied wine, great peat and smoky feeling, some spice flavors dominated by spicy notes, hops, sweetness brought by high-grade herbs, um, um, drinking will be better than smelling more fun. Overall: I have never drunk the non-member version of Perpetuum, but my friend next to me told me that it was the best whisky she had ever drank, so she was looking forward to this bottle of the member version of Perpetuum, and hoped she had a good time drinking experience.

The smell is pleasant. A classic Islay, I can't see any special barrel aging on the nose. It smells like pure bourbon cask aging. This impression continues in the mouth and on the finish. Due to the lack of oak, it appears young on the one hand, and on the other hand the slightly reduced smoke suggests some maturity. Pleasant to drink, but nothing special compared to standard Islay whiskys that would justify a significantly higher price. Bruno59 writes: "Imagine for a second that the smoke wasn't there... well." There is nothing to add.

My wife and I bought four bottles of this on Islay two weeks ago (max 2 bottles per person). Really nice dram. See my full tasting notes here: http://www.whiskysaga.com/ardbeg-perpetuum-distillery-release/

Very nice though!

Peat, smoke, ash, sleepers, seaweed, iodine, salted caramel, citrus, hay straw, lemonade with honey, well balanced, smooth and pleasant to drink. 22.5-22.5-22-22

The nose is rather restrained, with minimal alcoholic bite. But as you know Ardbeg needs time in the glass, so I give it to him. The well-known Ardbeg Barley smoke note and sweetness are clearly dominant at first. Fine vanilla pods bounce through my nose. After some time, I get grapefruit & fresh mint in mind. In the mouth, it is a wonderfully balanced malt. One outstanding feature is the honey / Barley sweetness. I find almost no metallic sharpness and the peat notes are already a bit faded. I would give the Perpetuum an age of 12-15y, for more he lacks the depth. Medium long finish with a fine ashy note without becoming bitter. I personally like Ardbeg and of course the expectations are always very high, but the wheel does not reinvent them. Who likes Ardbeg as well, will like the Perpetuum.

Absolutely delicious. It’s desserty but not over the top – a really excellent balance of salt, sweet and bitter. It definitely tastes old and dusty with classic elements of more mature Ardbegs, and vintages from days gone by. I love the sherry influence – not as knockout as Uigeadail, more restrained and subtle.

Easy, "sour" malt. Not a masterpiece.

Dear Committee Member Let me start with a sincere apology for the technical difficulties you experienced when ordering Ardbeg Perpetuum Distillery Edition. I would like to reassure you that we do have your order. We are currently packing and shipping as fast as we can, but due to the problems we encountered last week, and the busy time of year leading up to our 200th celebrations, everything is taking a little longer than usual. The final orders will be dispatched no later than Monday 18th May. Again, we apologise for the long wait and thank you for your patience. Mickey Heads Committee Chairman

The perpetual is definitely underestimated.

Beautiful Ardbeg for the 200th distillery birthday. Not the big hit, but the special kick is missing. But the distillery character is fully there, and the then issue price (70 GBP?) Is absolutely fine.

Very reserved and elegant, but still offers a lot of flavors and is a lot of fun. Has so many unusual flavors in it, which are also very interesting in the combination. For me the best special bottling of the last years and offers a counterpoint to the normal range. Would be great if it were the more common, I would also buy quite well.

Part of the Weird & the Wonderful flight tasting at Ardbeg distillery. This Perpetuum is better than normal release, more powerful.

https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/tomoh-anniversary-drams/ N: Buttery, salted sweet [sandwich] pickle, pomegranate syrup, some farm notes - its all here. T: A combo of youth & age, rather unlike the standard release. US oak provides the platform for a sweet-fresh herbal allium profile - presented overall with a soft touch. F: Sweet raisins & splintered vanilla - again displaying a considered balance of youth & age. C: Nice enough, the age combo working rather well. Scores 86 which [pleasingly] i see now is the same score I gave it last time.Scores a B[-]

wonderful…expensive…but still wonderful

21 + 22 + 22 + 22 = 87 ~ let me get drunk on the train water

http://www.weinkenner.de/2015/ardbeg-perpetuum-die-erste-abfuellung-anlaesslich-der-200-jahrfeier-36252/ Color: sunlight Nose: Peaty meadow water with a relatively thin variety of aromas at the beginning. Fresh, soapy bergamot and vanilla, rather smoky and with delicate hints of cocoa powder. Grassy notes, some honey and a handful of carnations. Overall only slightly peaty and with little spice. Taste: Very thin and diluted, but now with more peaty spice. More and more emerging mineral notes, ashes, squeezed lemon slices, some honey and hints of chocolate yoghurt. Becoming bitter on a kräutriger basis and then to finish. Otherwise, however, very little happens on the palate! Finish: Relatively long - at first too bitter, woody and does not guarantee what you would expect from Ardbeg's jubilee bottling. After the bitter notes subsided, sweet peat, dry ash, slightly watered cocoa and slightly salty-spicy citrus notes. Note: Although this young whisky is not quite as artificial as some other NAS bottlings of the modern age, the flavor yield and above all the consistency is very weak. 83 points (nose: 86 / taste: 82 / finish: 82)

N: Blind tasting no 6. Very squidgy with sweet/sour cream. The peat character is fruity and farmy [octomore farmy]. It's pungent and very nice indeed - a soft Octomore. T: Not uber clean like other modern expressions - there's more 'funk' to this one. A big dram, long travel and drinkable neat. A little more like Octomore with its sweet veg profile and sugar-sweet Weetabix. F: Nice toasted smokiness with hints of fruits and grains along the way and xmas cake. C: The best composed whisky of the night although it all started with a decent American Rye WB Scores a B[-]

Overall, a beautiful malt with very slight smears in the finish. To celebrate the 200th anniversary, a whisky was apparently created here, which should convey the basic characteristics of Ardbeg well. I think that was successful.

This is the distillery edition only  release and the official release will be on May 30th. This is from email i received on 28 April: Dear Committee Member The Ardbeg Committee - as much a part of our past, present and future as our whisky. So to celebrate our 200th Anniversary we are releasing a very special, advance preview bottling Exclusively for our most loyal fans: Ardbeg Distillery Edition Perpetuum Committee, (For indeed, it is quite a mouthful.) Most Of These bottles will be sold to Committee members here at the Distillery. But from 4th May 2015 and for a limited time only, UK members will have a rare opportunity to buy this special edition from our virtual shop as well as the actual one. As always, there are very few of These bottlings to go round and theywill only appear in our online shop for a few days. If you do miss out, all is not lost. You will have quiet a chance to obtain our main anniversary bottling, Ardbeg Perpetuum, When it goes on sale worldwide on 30th May 2015th

Not bad young Ardbeg, very similar to the standard ten, yes, in some places better, slightly deeper and more clearly in details, but the general impression - the mole is not so far gone from the ten as its price tag, I see no reason to spend money on this product if available in the lineup dozens and guessed with a currerecan, which, I recall, is an "improved" version. In general, the last annual releases of Ardbeg release as an artist / writer on a contract with the studio, the quality of "from ... to" - if only every year there was an occasion for a press release and work for marketers stamping the newfangled "whisky with history."

I drank it again after a hiatus of years, and I feel like I have a better review of it than ever. Maybe it's also the current work, because it's too insincere