So we hit the end of our four Ardbeg drams at Ardbeg Day 2018: An Oa, Dark Cove, Kelpie, and then Ardbeg Grooves. We had pulled pork for lunch, the day was nice, and our fellow drinkers were a great group to have a few drams with.

Then we’re lead outside into the spacious, cool patio at the back of the Caledonian pub. And on our way out? Oh, you know, nothing much. Just a dram of Ardbeg 23. You know, that fun dram.

Suffice to say I had a review to do before grabbing an oyster with Ardbeg An Oa spritzed on it.

Ardbeg 23 is part of the Twenty-something limited range. Simply put, Ardbeg has been finding and/or buying casks of whisky from the 90s and bottling it in limited runs. This one was aged in ex-bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry casks.

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