Ardbeg
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Oct 29, 2026
Pete MackintoshGUEST
Well, that cast strength preference.
Pete MackintoshGUEST
Yeah, like we want to make something, the whole thing is to make something that we want to drink, that we want to go, you know, instead of drinking the Ardbeg, let's drink ours.
Pete MackintoshGUEST
Like I said, that's not going to happen.
Pete MackintoshGUEST
I don't think Ardbeg is exceptional.
Pete MackintoshGUEST
Like for us, that is... or even Brookladic, that is something that we just love.
Pete MackintoshGUEST
But if we can make something similar, which is where we've gone, we sort of aim for with this Peter, is to go for that style.
Dan MershVOICE_ACTOR
I'm joined by a nice glass of whiskey.
Dan MershVOICE_ACTOR
It's a 10-year-old Ardbeg, if you must know.
Dan MershVOICE_ACTOR
What's up with that? All kinds of stuff.
Dan MershVOICE_ACTOR
And it's very, very pleasant.
ColeHOST
Really? I'm thinking like 10-ish.
ColeHOST
Like Laphroaig 10, Ardbeg 10, McAllen 12.
ColeHOST
You know, like these things where you're seeing like that's low end for the bigger distilleries.
ColeHOST
Yeah, there are sixes and minimum you gotta do three years in Scotland.
AndrewHOST
Yeah, it almost reminds me, obviously not to the same extent of those whiskeys, but there's a little Isla element, like this kind of honey, sea spray, smoky iodine.
AndrewHOST
Obviously not to the extent of a Lagavulin or Ardbeg or something like that, but...
AndrewHOST
There's a cool savory element I really like.
AndrewHOST
I know Ardbeg.
AndrewHOST
I love Ardbeg.
AndrewHOST
I don't really drink a lot of spirits, but I love Petey whiskey.
CodyHOST
Yeah, it's definitely a shocker when you find yourself at a gathering as a young man cultivating his palate to spirits and alcohol.
CourtHOST
Malart over there? Isn't that what that K bottle is over there? No.
ChrisHOST
That's Ardberg.
ChrisHOST
Oh.
ChrisHOST
Somebody brought Malart to us.
Luke McCarthyHOST
And it followed some very heavily peated Islay malts.
Luke McCarthyHOST
Ardbeg, I think, was there.
Luke McCarthyHOST
Who else was there? There was another Islay malt, which I can't remember now.
Luke McCarthyHOST
There was a few whiskeys that day.
BobbyHOST
No, it came as single boxes.
BobbyHOST
An Ardbeg 25, that case comes in a box that comes in a box that comes in a box.
BobbyHOST
That's it.
BobbyHOST
It's multi-packaged so that it can't get screwed up.
23 MINS LATER
MattGUEST
Coming from the guy
ScottGUEST
named Big Four.
BobbyHOST
I like saying with the Ardbeg stuff, you know, they put out, they went from a committee release a year to multiples.
ScottGUEST
And it's like, I think they oversaturated their own market.
Toby YoungGUEST
Global Scotch exports fell by 4.3% in 2025, with single malts hit even harder.
Toby YoungGUEST
Glen Goyne and Rosebank, two mainland brands, have cut production by 30%, while LVMH has halted production at Glenmorangie, although not at Ardberg in Islay.
Toby YoungGUEST
But it's not all doom and gloom.
Toby YoungGUEST
Demand for whisky in India is booming, and two British entrepreneurs of Indian heritage are building a distillery on Islay.
Toby YoungGUEST
It's of a piece with the austere, uncompromising landscape and the abundant local wildlife, including seals and otters.
Toby YoungGUEST
On a long walk on Saturday, I bent over a fast-flowing stream to scoop up water with my hands and it had the same peaty taste as the local whisky.
Toby YoungGUEST
I was told to bottle some and then have a splash of it with some 16-year-old Ardberg that evening.
Toby YoungGUEST
It didn't disappoint.
Brendan McCarronGUEST
And then after these four interviews...
Brendan McCarronGUEST
Actually, to tell a lie, we actually interviewed a bit where they were saying, well, what we're thinking is we're going to place someone up at Glenmorangie for a couple of years and then someone at Ardbeg for a couple of years.
Brendan McCarronGUEST
Then we'll put them into this bit for a couple of years to learn that.
Brendan McCarronGUEST
And I was just like, I was like, do you know what? That isn't me because I can do all of that.
Brendan McCarronGUEST
There's no point.
Brendan McCarronGUEST
I've ran bigger distilleries and I've ran this and I've ran smoky distilleries on Islay.
Brendan McCarronGUEST
It's like, my God, I supplied Ardbeg for three years with the malt that they use.
Brendan McCarronGUEST
So we all kind of shook hands on it and agreed that it was nice to chat to you and best of luck but then it was like a couple of months later that they got back in touch and they went can you come back in for another chat and they'd made up like a different role and actually even as we were talking it was more of a conversation than an interview but they were like that kind of isn't it either is it and I was like it's cool sir but no they
Rickesh KishnaniHOST
But there was a period, this is distilled in 2009.
Rickesh KishnaniHOST
Way back in 2009, when Edrington still owned Glen Turret, they needed some peaty whiskey because Ardbeg, who was their supplier for their blend that they make, the Edrington blend that they make, um wasn't available those years or whatever happened they basically shut the distillery down and turned it into making pd whiskey for a couple of years so this always makes sherry whiskey like what we've been having um and i think we'll continue to make sherry whiskey going forward but this is a flashback to a period in time where they made a bit of pd whiskey so it's a bit unique
Alex SchultzGUEST
It is certainly unique.
Alex SchultzGUEST
It really is strong.
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