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Referee gets 15% off their first order (Min Spend $150). Referrer gets 200 points worth $10 store credit.
Both :)
Yes
I'm far from an expert, but the two are made differently. Ardbeg is from the Islay region and is very "peaty" or has a smoky flavour and Arbelour is a Speyside whisky which is sweeter and more fruity.
From wikipedia:
The Visit Scotland website indicates that the region's whiskies have a fruity nature "ranging from ripe pears to sultanas" and some exhibit "sweet, caramel and fruity notes".[11] Another review states that the use of peat is not common here, so many of the whiskies are not "smoky"; the article concluded that "typically, most Speyside whisky is fruity, sweet, and nutty, featuring notes of apple, honey, vanilla, and spice".
From personal experience, I have the Arbelour A'bunadh and it is amazing and probably my favourite drop. I also have the Ardbeg Corryvreckan and find it to be very harsh on the tongue.
Your personal taste may be very different to mine, but i prefer the sweeter flavour of the Speyside whiskies.
Great comment. The A'bunadh is probably my second favourite whiskey ever, second only to Nant (before, you know, …)
wonder what batch the a'bunadh is up to now. I still use a batch 46 bottle as my personal solera blend bottle.
@pingponged: I really need to start an infinity bottle. Most things I've read though so they're really a novelty, and the quality is usually somewhere between just drinkable and downright awful.
How have your results been?
@anzacpaul: It's more that it's been nteresting watching the taste profile change, it's been at least 7 years now with of the remnants of a few dozen bottles so it's not really got any specific identity now.
That said once I put far too much of a Laphroaig into it and took quite a while to balance it out again but that's all my own fault and learning
Ordered a few whiskies from Boozebud ebay 2 days ago and it got delivered this morning which is amazing in this day and age. They used startrack express.
Meanwhile the RATs I ordered 3 weeks ago still haven't shown up.
I ordered Tuesday at 5.15, received yesterday at 5. Was thoroughly surprised.
Just bought this as the price dropped from I think it was 115 to 100 before discounts (~$78 after disc with ebay plus)
How would you rate this to lagavulin 16?
Dunno never tried the port Charlotte but you generally can't go wrong with what Bruichladdich puts out and the Laga16 has a legendary reputation for a reason…
It's not as good as Laga 16, but still nice, and definitely worth the purchase at this price
Thanks for the replies. Bought one and can't wait to try it
I picked up a Gold for $55 before xmas
What's a good price for the Green?
You used to be able to get Green quite regularly reduced to $65. Now it seems to retail for $85 and get reduced to $70, but less often than before.
My personal preference is paying a bit extra for the Green over the Gold.
$70 (retail at Dan’s) will also get you the Black Label Islay Origin (Caol Ila and Lagavulin blend), which is also very good for the money.
$62 is the magic number for me
JW Green came up as $67.85 for me. Thanks OP!
Oogie and JW15. Nice drams.
Was fortunate enough to snare a bottle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed for under $70 delivered with the 22% discount code applied. It's out of stock now, but may come back in stock (that occurred earlier, and was when I made my purchase).
I picked up both the Gold Label and the Green Label using this deal, with the PJAN22 code, plus I purchased both items using an eBay voucher purchased from Shopback which stacked me an extra 3% cashback!
Top this off, I paid for the eBay voucher using the bundll mastercard promotion, which also earned me a $30 Uber Eat voucher.
WINNING!
Enjoy!
Personally the Gold Label (current version) is redundant. The 18 is better (it replaced the old Gold Label and Platinum) and the Green Label beats both of these.
bought this but got delivered the 1L version! super happy with it. Not sure if it's mistake or everyone who bought it got the 1L version instead of 700ml.
Ardbeg or Aberlour?