Accompanying the release is a graphic novel by comic artist and illustrator Dilraj Mann the plot is centered around Agent 46-who is Jackie Thomson, Ardbeg visitor center manager and committee chair-as she embarks on a quest to find the missing purifier and restore Ardbeg’s balance. Like all Ardbeg releases, Heavy Vapours was the brainchild of Dr.
This year’s celebrations will kick off on May 26, with Ardbeg Day falling on June 3. Without the purifier, the resulting whisky is a heavier, smokier peat bomb, as the most highly condensed vapors were captured and bottled in the still (as opposed to being balanced out during distillation).Īrdbeg Day is held annually on the last Saturday of Islay’s Festival of Music and Malt, Fèis Ìle. Heavy Vapours, the latest Ardbeg Day release, was distilled without a purifier, marking a first in Ardbeg’s history-the distillery always uses a purifier, which makes it possible for its roughly 50 phenol parts per million whiskies to remain quite light, even with that high phenol content. Elsewhere, Crown Royal returns with the final edition of its Noble Collection, and Proof and Wood has another Polish rye in the offing. There’s new whisky aplenty this week, starting with the annual Ardbeg Day single malt, this one a particularly peaty dram. How did those very stills end up in Kentucky, and what other hands did they pass through? We detailed their origin story, and how they ultimately landed with Joseph Magliocco, owner of the Michter's brand today. They were built in 1976, and first made whiskey in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, for Pennco Distillery-a contract distiller whose clients included a small brand called Michter’s. The Vendome pot stills at Michter’s Fort Nelson distillery in Louisville have had quite a life.