Ardbeg Kelpie Committee Exclusive (97.3 pts)
Kelpie is this year’s limited release from Ardbeg. In 2004 Ardbeg began producing limited distiller’s editions. The Committee Exclusives are only for the Ardbeg Committee club members, but Ardbeg is releasing a version of the Kelpie to the general public. Both versions are non-chill filtered but the Committee Exclusive is bottled at 51.7% ABV, but the public release is blended at 46%. Both will be heavily peated in the finest Ardbeg tradition. Get your bottles soon. All of the limited editions from Arbeg always sell out and are highly sought after under normal circumstances. Now that it has been named the best whisky in the world from IWC, expect this whisky to evaporate quickly.