Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection. Single cask refill hosghead distilled March 1991 & bottled November 2011 at full strength. 128 numbered bottles. Ardbeg Ardbeg Distillery was established in Ardbeg on the Kildalton Peninsular on the Isle of Islay in 1815 by John Mc Dougal. Ardbeg Distillery draws soft peaty water from Loch Uigeadail & Loch Airigh nam Beist up amongst the hills behind the distillery. Ardbeg Distillery is a participant in the world famous Feis Ile, the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Visitors are welcome at the distillery visitor center which offers Ardbeg Distillery tours & serves delicious Scottish fare in the Ardbeg Cafe. Massively tarry & distinctly Islay in style on the nose plus creosote, soot & hot beach sand all apparent. Palatewise the tar is still evident, now sweet – now with creosote, soft leather & heavily malted barley – running to a finish which is Scotch tablet sweet, more barley’d now with late bonfire ash & more of that same tar.