Ardbeg Heavy Vapours

For 2023 Ardbeg day, Dr. Bill Lumsden, the Director of Whiskey Creation, has planned something truly special. For the first time ever, Ardbeg has distilled a Whiskey without a purifier - the apparatus that is responsible for maintaining the perfect balance between Ardbeg’s famous smoky peatiness and floral fruitiness. Without the purifier, the Ardbeg Heavy Vapours Committee Release Single Malt is a darker, smokier and more dramatic version of an Ardbeg Single Malt. The distillery does not provide an age, but since the experiment was conducted 12 years ago, we can safely say this Whiskey is about 11 years old. It matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being bottled at an ABV of 46%.