Ardbeg – Drum (70cl, 52.00%)

Ardbeg – Drum is a single malt whisky from Ardbeg (Islay). Bottled at 52.00% ABV, 70cl. Matured in rum cask finish. Drum was the Ardbeg Day limited release for 2019. Every year, members of the Ardbeg Committee are given advance access to a pre-release version. These Committee Releases are generally at cask strength and are exclusively labelled. Drum is a an ex-bourbon cask matured Ardbeg that has been finished in ex-rum casks from "the Americas." The flavours are intended to evoke the "rumbustious revelry" that the distillery believe goes hand-in-hand with Ardbeg Day. The bottle is peppered with additional small labels which feature tasting notes, including "ripe banana," "briny notes," and "pineapple." 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.