Old Style Ardbeg Very Old 30 Year Old

The ‘Pre-Glenmo’ bottles of Ardbeg are hard to come by and are something that every collector should have on the shelves.

About as rare as they come, this Ardbeg Very Old 30 Year Old was distilled in 1966 and then bottled in 1996 from just 29 casks! This is one of the very last whiskies released before Ardbeg shut down. With online auction prices ranging from £1500 – £1900 for this bottle, this truly is a special Ardbeg bottling.

Fun Fact

This Ardbeg Very Old 30 Year Old was released at Laphroaig Distillery for just £100 a bottle🤯At the time, Allied owned both Ardbeg & Laphroaig, and Iain Henderson, former Laphroaig Distillery manager was in charge of Ardbeg during their limited production at the time.

“This summer we have been selling the remainder of the Ardbeg 10 year old, the one with the large Celtic ‘A’ which is the trademark of the real distillery bottling. To complete the exercise, we will now have an Ardbeg 30 year old for sale at the distillery, in an attractive wooden box as a special presentation pack. This is a one-off since there are only 29 casks. The price of the gift box is £100 a bottle.” – Source: www.laphroaig.com – circa Oct. 1996

Competition History

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Competition winner is: tommy clark