Ardbeg Heavy Vapours Limited Edition 46% ABV 700ml Gin enriched by hints of oak

enriched by hints of oak and leather

Palate: Layers of dark chocolate

this is also the fruitiest and most approachable in the range

spice and a rising wave of peat smoke – thick

Ardbeg Heavy Vapours Limited Edition 46% ABV 700ml Gin enriched by hints of oakA fascinating one from Ardbeg, Heavy Vapours is the Islay distillery's whisky with the gloves taken off. Meaning it was distilled without using Ardbegs purifier. Typically, vapours that rise up the still are captured by this piece of equipment, which sits on the lyne arm of Ardbegs spirit still. It captures heavier compounds and condenses them, causing them to fall back into the still. The vapours fall back into the still, are heated again, and so