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Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old

The best that exists on this planet

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@GT2Review by @GT2

11th Sep 2012

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Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old
  • Nose
    25
  • Taste
    25
  • Finish
    25
  • Balance
    25
  • Overall
    100

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App- Deeper bright gold for Ardbeg. Thick, rambunctious legs.

Nose- Out of this world no pun intended. Sharp mango and moldy white grapefruit are unseen before in this style. Very sharp chamomile as always with vanilla bean ice cream, cinnamon and clove, starfruit and kumquat.

Taste- Rich and oily with nectar fruit acid. Mango and grapefruit sweetness blend with vanilla bean dessert and baked apple pie.

Palate- Mildly hot with rich oil, bitter tea herbs, vanilla bean husk.

One of the brightest and certainly the most fruity Ardbeg. Very easy to enjoy. Easy shoe-in for my favorite Scotch so far.

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7 comments

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Sroberts86 commented

Got a bottle waiting for me in Scotland when I am back so haven't tred it yet. This must be your favourite thing you've tried, nothing would improve it for you?

12 years ago 0

@GT2
GT2 commented

I don't think there is any room for improvement- it's definitely my favorite so far. Doesn't need to be sipped as slowly as others and it is brighter/fruitier than anything I've had in the smokey realm.

Again, I'm not an expert and have only had the whiskeys pretty much that I've reviewed. I have a bottle of Alligator arriving soon so will compare it to that. Though I can already guess that the Alligator with be sharper smoke and the Galileo with be softer fruits.

12 years ago 0

@Victor
Victor commented

I understand that a whisky can manifest to a person as not being capable of being improved upon, and I can even imagine giving a whisky 100 points, though I don't believe that I will ever do that myself, but...I do not think that a person can possibly call a whisky "The best that exists on this planet" without having sampled every whisk(e)y that exists on this planet.

12 years ago 0

@GT2
GT2 commented

well then we will never know the truly best whiskey in the world- but it was mainly a pun on the outer space gimmick

12 years ago 0

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Sroberts86 commented

Well there are as many worlds best as there are drinkers but I think your enthusiasm stellar

12 years ago 0

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Antallodos commented

Awesome, I'm getting excited about this one. I've got two bottles in my cabinet; one for tasting and one for... tasting in a few years.

12 years ago 0