The millennium marked a key moment in Ardbeg’s history. After three years of renovation, the distillery resumed production of the smoky-sweet spirit we know and love. At the same time, Dr. Bill and the whisky creation team laid down casks that would later become the Ardbeg Vintage Y2K series. This collection blends modern, innovative whisky-making with the character of the original Ardbeg stills.

The first release is a distinctive 23-year-old whisky matured in Oloroso and bourbon casks. Distilled in 2000, Vintage Y2K captures the optimism and excitement that surrounded Ardbeg at the turn of the century. It comes bottled at 46% ABV.

The nose offers herbal sweetness, floral notes, and a faint, perfumed smokiness. Hints of lemon balsam, linseed oil, and candied walnuts add depth. The palate begins intensely sweet, then shifts to reveal aniseed, toffee, digestive biscuits, peppermint, menthol, tar, and coffee grits. Sooty flavours build before fading into a long finish of antiseptic lozenges, bitter oranges, and oak tannins.