Ardbeg Supernova

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Ardbeg Supernova
L9 082 70 centiliter , original buteljering, 58,9%
Officiell hemsida

Inköpt 2009-10-01 för SEK 899 = 12,84 kr/cl 4 st oöppnade

Mina kommentarer:
Uppföljning till årets Committe släpp. Min poäng: 87 p

Tasting notes från whiskyfun: Officiella tasting notes:

The official claim is that both bottlings of the Supernova came from the same batch, but other malt freaks noticed that the bottling codes were dissimilar (L08 for the ‘Committee’ and L09 for the general release), which means that the general release may have spent at least a few more weeks in one or several vatting tanks. Would that change anything to the whisky? Probably not but let’s see… Besides, whilst it was believed (wrongly it seems) that the first version came from a very small ‘boutique/experimental/secret’ run of uber-peated Ardbeg, a recent press release by the owners claimed this (quote): “For the creation of Ardbeg Supernova, we analysed and tasted a wide range of different Ardbeg whiskies of varying ages.” Perplexed? Anyway, woooof! First I tried the Ardbeg 'Supernova' (58.9%, OB, advanced Committee release, 2008) while reading my old tasting notes and decided that I wouldn’t change one word to them (S., you lazy B.!) Then I tried the Ardbeg ‘Supernova’ (58.9%, OB, general release, 2009) and found, indeed some very tiny differences on the nose and on the palate, whether when neat or diluted, but the problem is that these tiny wee differences kept changing – first the CR was a tad more lemony, then it was the GR, then the GR was a tad smokier, and then it was the CR… The kind of things that happen anytime you try the same whisky from two different bottles. So, the colours being the same, I decided that only a large panel of tasters tasting both whiskies in a double-blind session could maybe settle this very existential question. As far as I’m concerned, I’d say that these two (excellent) whiskies are most probably the same indeed. SGP: 269- 89 points.
05/20/09 Update: blimey! Some crazy Ardbeggophiles have been questionning my comments and said that both whiskies were clearly different. That's why I checked the first trade sample I got for what was meant to be the 'committee release' and it appears that it was drawn in January 09, whilst the actual committee release was bottled in 2008. Which means that when I first tried Supernova while thinking it was the committee version, it was most possibly the 'regular' version already, the existence of which nobody was even aware of. Oooh, this is getting too complicated, let's move on if you please. Ardbeg Supernova, peated to an astonishing level of over 100 parts per million, will return to earth in a wider, though still limited, release in May 2009.


Ardbeg Supernova L9 082	70 centiliter , original buteljering, 58,9% Officiell hemsida
Inköpt 2009-10-01 för SEK 899 = 12,84 kr/cl	4 st oöppnade
Mina kommentarer: Uppföljning till årets Committe släpp.	Min poäng: 87 p
Tasting notes från whiskyfun:	Officiella tasting notes:
The official claim is that both bottlings of the Supernova came from the same batch, but other malt freaks noticed that the bottling codes were dissimilar (L08 for the ‘Committee’ and L09 for the general release), which means that the general release may have spent at least a few more weeks in one or several vatting tanks. Would that change anything to the whisky? Probably not but let’s see… Besides, whilst it was believed (wrongly it seems) that the first version came from a very small ‘boutique/experimental/secret’ run of uber-peated Ardbeg, a recent press release by the owners claimed this (quote): “For the creation of Ardbeg Supernova, we analysed and tasted a wide range of different Ardbeg whiskies of varying ages.” Perplexed? Anyway, woooof! First I tried the Ardbeg 'Supernova' (58.9%, OB, advanced Committee release, 2008) while reading my old tasting notes and decided that I wouldn’t change one word to them (S., you lazy B.!) Then I tried the Ardbeg ‘Supernova’ (58.9%, OB, general release, 2009) and found, indeed some very tiny differences on the nose and on the palate, whether when neat or diluted, but the problem is that these tiny wee differences kept changing – first the CR was a tad more lemony, then it was the GR, then the GR was a tad smokier, and then it was the CR… The kind of things that happen anytime you try the same whisky from two different bottles. So, the colours being the same, I decided that only a large panel of tasters tasting both whiskies in a double-blind session could maybe settle this very existential question. As far as I’m concerned, I’d say that these two (excellent) whiskies are most probably the same indeed. SGP: 269- 89 points. 05/20/09 Update: blimey! Some crazy Ardbeggophiles have been questionning my comments and said that both whiskies were clearly different. That's why I checked the first trade sample I got for what was meant to be the 'committee release' and it appears that it was drawn in January 09, whilst the actual committee release was bottled in 2008. Which means that when I first tried Supernova while thinking it was the committee version, it was most possibly the 'regular' version already, the existence of which nobody was even aware of. Oooh, this is getting too complicated, let's move on if you please.	Ardbeg Supernova, peated to an astonishing level of over 100 parts per million, will return to earth in a wider, though still limited, release in May 2009.