点评:We visited this distillery yesterday (Twice in the same day, because we enjoyed our morning visit so much)
If you've never visited Ardbeg before, be ready for a unique and fun experience from this unapologetically quirky distillery.
We (Damo, Squiggerrrs and I, Smiffy) arrived into the visitor centre at just after 9.30am and had a welcome dram in our hands, courtesy of Jura (Only kidding Diura) of one of this distilleries latest whiskys!
We took a seat at one of the cask tables, chose a flight and began our "Committee meeting"to discuss this distilleries latest offerings! Once again, this innovative distillery hit the mark, with Eureka, The distillery exclusive, and Harpys tale coming high in our rankings! If you get the opportunity, as we did, to taste the Ardbeg 25 year Old, you simply have to...it's the best whisky we'd ever tasted, quite a bit out of our range, price wise unfortunately, but worth paying for a dram!
Diura was incredible fun, knowledgeable about the whiskys, and a brilliant comedienne (The stories she shared almost made us fall of our stools...I think it was her humour or maybe it was the whisky). In the 5 years I have been coming to this stunningly beautiful island, I'm not sure I have laughed so much! So much so, we decided on an end of the day dram before waiting for our bus, we were so glad we did, I'm not sure Diura agreed!
Congratulations, Ardbeg, of maintaining your status as the fun, quirky, and consistently brilliant whisky-producing distilleries on Islay! We wish you all the very best and I'll be seeing you next year!
翻译:我们昨天参观了这家酒厂(一天去了两次,因为我们非常享受上午的参观)。
如果您以前从未参观过阿贝酒厂,那就准备好迎接这家风格独特的酒厂,体验独特而有趣的乐趣吧。
我们(Damo、Squiggerrrs 和我,Smiffy)早上 9:30 刚过就到达了游客中心,手里拿着一杯迎宾酒,是 Jura(开玩笑的,Diura)提供的,是这家酒厂最新推出的威士忌之一!
我们在一张酒桶桌旁坐下,选了一杯酒,然后开始了我们的“委员会会议”,讨论这家酒厂的最新产品!这家富有创新精神的酒厂再次取得了成功,Eureka、酒厂独家产品和 Harpys tale 在我们的排名中名列前茅!如果你有机会像我们一样品尝阿贝25年,那绝对不容错过……这是我们喝过的最好的威士忌,虽然价格有点超出我们的承受范围,可惜的是,这杯威士忌还是值得一试!
迪拉风趣幽默,对威士忌了如指掌,而且还是位才华横溢的喜剧演员(她讲的故事差点让我们笑得前仰后合……我想是她的幽默,也可能是威士忌本身的缘故)。我来到这个风景如画的小岛已经五年了,笑得前仰后合,从未有过如此多的欢笑!我们甚至决定在等巴士之前喝上一杯,我们非常庆幸自己这么做了,我甚至不知道迪拉是否同意!
祝贺阿贝保持了艾雷岛最有趣、最独特、最优秀的威士忌酒厂的地位!祝你们一切顺利,明年再见!