Yes, it needs its water. I read it was about 7-8 years old.
It is “drinkable” with a smile. 
It’s one that I haven’t tried yet, but you’ve certainly piqued my curiosity. Not cheap at ~£140 a bottle, so it should be a good 'un.
I’m a bit of an Ardbeg fan - currently have Corryvreckan, Uigeadail, the standard 10, 5yo Wee Beastie and a 19yo Traigh Bhan. I recently finished a bottle of Supernova Stellar Release which was spectacularly immense.
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I cracked it last night but only had a wee. It was mighty tasty! It was really smooth and reminded me of their Blaaack and Perpetuum releases. Not medicinal and smoky like a Corryvreckan (my favorite non-limited Ardbeg) with far less pepper than their latest limiteds, such as Bizzare-B-Q and Ardcore. I will need to explore it a bit more before ranking it with my other Ardbegs.
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I’m up in Scotland this weekend visiting my Dad. We spent part of the day at the “reborn” Rosebank distillery in Falkirk, now just over a year into production, having filled their first cask in July 2023.
He just poured me a dram of this:
He was gifted this bottle by the organiser, for his help at the 2023 Edinburgh Whisky Festival.
A rare and spectacularly good dram. It easily rubs shoulders with 25 yo Glengoyne, 31 yo Red Cask Cambus Single Grain, and is the closest thing in overall depth and character I’ve tasted to Tullibardine’s 1966.
I love hanging out with my Dad. He recently spent some time with the great, great, great grandson of John Jameson and has a phenomenal depth of knowledge of the history of Jameson Whiskey. The Jameson distillery was originally set up by the Stein family who owned both the Kennetpans and Kilbagie distilleries which lay just a few miles from where Dad currently lives and where I grew up. The Kilbagie site later became home to a papermill, where I worked as a process and product development technician in the early '90s.
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Hi
Anyone been to The Whisky Castle in small quaint village in the highlands near Inverness?
Would like to send pictures of their prized Scotch which I took on recent Globus bus tour but don’t know how??
Including a 3000 pound sterling of 30 year old Logavulin— it was on sale/ discounted!!
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Thanks will give it a try soon
