14 January 2026

    • Ardbeg Drum

    Special Committee Only Edition 2019

    Winning Bid
    £200
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    Ardbeg Drum

    Special Committee Only Edition 2019
    Lot #0831253
    FINISH DATE
    31 October 2020

    Sold out within minutes the Ardbeg Drum is an early 2019 committee only release. Already well-matured Ardbeg taken from ex-Bourbon casks and placed in ex-rum casks from the Americas to produce a downright wondrous paradiddle of aromas. Fragrant pine resin, woodsmoke and seaspray dance alongside ripe banana and pineapple. Lavender, liquorice and vanilla sway into rich dark chocolate, before parading into a long, smoky finish.

    The story of Ardbeg Drum goes on the last day of the Feis Ile Festival – locals would transform everything from harvesters to hatchbacks into magnificent floats. If it had wheels, they decorated it. Adorned with brilliant flowers and fabrics, these vibrant mobile gardens were a sight to behold. Starting at the pier in Port Ellen, the procession would roll by the crowds at Ardbeg, before honking and tooting its way back to be judged. This was a typically Islay cavalcade of colour.

    And this year, it just so happens that Ardbeg Drum is a perfectly peaty excuse to celebrate.

    Ardbeg

    One of Scotland’s most iconic and recognisable brands, the Ardbeg of today is thanks to a take over by Glenmorangie in 1997. Prior to this it had fallen into a state of disrepair and suffered bouts of closures since the 1980s when the market lost the taste for Islay peat. The distillery was founded in 1815 by the McDougall family and remained in private hands until the Distillers Company Limited and Hiram Walker bought into the distillery in 1959. In 2004, the parent company was acquired by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy who has enjoyed considerable success since. In 2021, to cope with growing demand, a new stillhouse was completed on the Ardbeg shoreline that is home to 2 new pairs of replica stills that will ensure more of its charismatic whisky is available for all of us to enjoy.

    Lot Features
    • BOTTLER
      Official
    • CASK TYPE
      Bourbon
    • DISTILLERY
      Ardbeg
    • TYPE
      Full Size
    • SIZE
      70 cl
    • STRENGTH
      52%
    • CASK TYPE
      Bourbon
    • APPROX. SHIPPING WEIGHT (kg)
      2
    Region
    Scotland, Islay
    Scotland, Islay

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