Ain’t to proud to Ardbeg…
It’s summer time. It’s Britain. We’re going to go out and cook things over fire.
Look. It’s what we do, it’s who we are.
As a break from cold beer or a glass of rose, Ardbeg have a suitably smoky suggestion as to what you should quaff with your ‘que. And actually, a good peaty single malt should be a fine choice, even if it doesn’t seem the obvious one, a state of affairs that Ardbeg appear to acknowledge in their naming of their new, limited edition, barbecue-influenced single malt: the BizarreBQ.
It’s a first for the Distillery and, we’d suggest, pretty much any distillery.
The BBQ-friendly profile is part of an ongoing collaboration between Ardbeg’s Director of Whisky Creation, Dr Bill Lumsden and DJ BBQ, and is a result of double-charred oak casks – including a Pedro Ximénez sherry cask – creating a combination of sweet, tangy and savoury notes
The Bizarre BQ (50.9% ABV) is available to purchase online for £75 from Ardbeg’s website and whisky specialists The Whisky Exchange and Master of Malt.
Neil Davey
Neil Davey is a freelance writer specialising in things you can do sitting down, but mostly eating, drinking, travelling and interviewing the odd famous person. The author of The Bluffer's Guide To Chocolate, Neil also writes for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Metro, Delicious Magazine, Sainsbury's Magazine, Escapism, Foodism and Hello!. Thanks to a karaoke machine in Montana, he once told a billionaire that he loved his sweet little pussycat nose and sang I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For with a Hollywood star, in the space of 15 minutes. He now generally stays away from karaoke machines in Montana.