Ardbeg – Blaaack (70cl, 46.00%)

Ardbeg – Blaaack is a single malt whisky from Ardbeg (Islay). Bottled at 46.00% ABV, 70cl. Matured in new Zealand Pinot Noir wine casks. The distillery's annual limited edition is normally launched at the Arbeg Day celebration at Fèis Ìle every year but sadly the 2020 event was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, this was launched through the distillery website. As ever, a cask strength release exclusively for members of the Ardbeg Committee was also produced. Adorned with sheep puns, the labelling refers to Ardbeg distillery's "black sheep" status on Islay and the whisky was matured in Pinot Noir casks from another famously sheep covered island, New Zealand. A distillery located on the south coast of the Isle of Islay. It is currently part of the Scotch whisky holdings of LVMH. Despite being closed twice in the latter 20th century, the distillery's heavily-peated single malt has always been highly-regarded.