Review – Cadenhead Ardbeg 23 Years Old 1965 55% Bottled for Mizuhashi Total Liquor Supply Japan

Drink Ardbeg whisky in Singapore

Looking to drink Ardbeg whisky in Singapore? This sample of Cadenhead Ardbeg 23 Years Old 1965 55% Bottled for Mizuhashi Total Liquor Supply Japan was drunk at The Swan Song located at 41A Boat Quay, Singapore 049830. The Swan Song is now located in a new bar space called The Emerald Room by The Swan Song, located at 13 N Canal Rd, #01-02, Singapore 048826.

What does Ardbeg whisky taste like? This Cadenhead Ardbeg 23 Years Old 1965 55% Bottled for Mizuhashi Total Liquor Supply Japan bottling tastes like:

The first impression tryout of this whisky came in with:

Nose: elegant, simple, vanilla, mangos

Palate: mangoes and oranges, upfront

Upon a second opportunity to try 2 more sips, what I got was:

Nose: cool cucumber, light gentle peat, orange and lemon peel

Palate: fresh honey, lemons and orange with light medicinal and grassy peat balanced within, light cucumber

What do we think of this bottle of Ardbeg whisky?

This is the legendary bottle; a bottle that is well kept in Japan by owners, and almost impossible to get outside. This is Arun Prashant, the owner of The Swan Song whisky bar, one and only 100 pointer bottle. What we can say is that this bottle holds a simplicity in flavour that demonstrates what the old Islay vintage style of elegant peat and intense, clean fruitiness is.

Where can you get Ardbeg whisky by the glass in Singapore?

You can buy Ardbeg whisky by the dram from The Swan Song, such as the Cadenhead Ardbeg 23 Years Old 1965 55% Bottled for Mizuhashi Total Liquor Supply Japan shown above, and other interesting bottles like Malcolm Pride Ltd. Ardbeg 11 Years Old 1991 60.6% Premier Malts bottling.

Other Cadenhead Ardbeg 23 Years Old 1965 55% Bottled for Mizuhashi Total Liquor Supply Japan Reviews

Check out this Whiskybase listing of the Cadenhead Ardbeg 23 Years Old 1965 55% Bottled for Mizuhashi Total Liquor Supply Japan, where we rated the bottle 92 points!

Serge from WhiskyFun rated this bottle an astounding 97 points! 

A short review on the tasting notes by a man called Charlie MacLean on Bevvy is available for perusal.

One thing that I’ve been told is that the flavour of the Ardbeg Mizuhashi is something you understand deeper as you drink more whiskies; it would be only once you have drank so much that you want to come back to the traditional roots of the Islay flavours that you would come to see the value of the dram.