You may have heard of them before, a little distillery called Ardbeg on the coast of Islay. As I was talking to my dear friend a day or two ago, I mentioned that I was writing a review of Ardbeg Blasda. A good memory being one of his finer qualities, he asked why I’d chosen to review Renaissance and Blasda, but not the more common 10 year old expression. The thought hadn’t really crossed my mind before, but when he mentioned it did seem rather obvious that I ought to. So let’s take a look at it, shall we? It certainly does deserve it.
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Out driving my Mazda,
I went past an Asda,
I stopped for some pasta,
But spotted some Blasda!
Now home from Asda,
Getting tipsy quite fast(a).
Alright, I may not have a career writing lyrics, poetry or rap (though I do think the above would make a good rap tune, compared to what they’re normally spurting out), I’ll admit! And it may not be true to that I went to Asda nor have a Mazda, but I did recently pick up a bottle of Blasda! Apparently it means “Sweet and Delicious” in Gaelic, more importantly though it’s a light expression of Ardbeg’s otherwise quite heavily peated Whiskey.
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I won’t be going in to too much historic detail of the distillery for once, as there is just too much to say about the whisky itself (and the path Ardbeg have walked us down in getting to this expression). Fear not, though, I will no doubt review other Ardbeg expressions in the future and include a bit of distillery background, for those of you who normally enjoy that part of my reviews.
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