Ardbeg – Supernova SN2019 (70cl, 53.80%)

Ardbeg – Supernova SN2019 is a single malt whisky from Ardbeg (Islay). Bottled at 53.80% ABV, 70cl. Matured in bourbon casks. Supernova is the most heavily-peated Ardbeg expression produced at the famous Islay distillery, and was first bottled in 2009. This 2019 Committee Release was the first bottled in four years, following the SN2015 bottling. That particular edition saw the culmination of an unusual experiment conducted in association with the International Space Station and NanoRacks, a US-based space research firm. The experiment saw vials of Ardbeg new make spirit and several cask fragments sent into the Earth's orbit. 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.