新品資訊分享 - Ardbeg Alligator 2011 (阿貝/雅柏鱷魚 2011)

大大所言有理，至少24ppm不表示十年就只有24ppm. 剛剛又去google了一下，找到以下的一份資料，Ardbeg TEN的

泥煤含量應該比24ppm多很多，落在50－60ppm之間。 

Ardbeg Q&A:

1. What is Ardbeg Ten Years Old?
   • Ardbeg Ten Years old is the Flagship expression of the Ardbeg Brand
   • Revered amongst connoisseurs Ardbeg is the peatiest, smokiest and most balanced and complex of all the Islay Malt whiskies

1. Ardbeg Ten Years Old是什麼?
   • Ardbeg Ten Years Old陳釀威士忌是Ardbeg Brand的旗艦佳釀
   • Ardbeg一直為品酒專家評鑑為最具煙薰及泥煤氣息、酒質最圓融複雜的艾雷島(Islay)麥芽威士忌

1. What is the peating level of Ardbeg Ten Years Old ?
   • Ardbeg Ten Years old is the peatiest of all the Islay malts regularly available with a peating level at distillation of between 50 – 60 parts per million (ppm)

1. Ardbeg Ten Years Old的泥煤氣息有多強烈？
   • Ardbeg Ten Years Old是眾多艾雷島(Islay)麥芽威士忌中泥煤味最重的佳釀，蒸餾時的泥煤濃度為百萬分之50至60

1. How is peat used in the making of malt whisky?
   • The making of malt whisky begins with steeping barley in water to start the germination process. After the germination process, the barley is laid on a floor and dried over a kiln to create malted barley. Peat can be added to the fuel to create a smoky flavoured whisky, such as Ardbeg, which specifies the industry’s highest regular peating levels.

1. 泥煤如何用作釀製麥芽威士忌？
   • 釀造麥芽威士忌須先將大麥浸泡於水中發芽。發芽後的大麥被平放於地上，並以烤爐烘焙成麥芽。泥煤可用作烘焙所需的燃料，以釀製成富煙薰風味的威士忌。其中如Ardbeg佳釀即以長期使用業內最高比例的泥煤作燃料見稱。

1. How does Ardbeg Ten Year old taste?
   • A beguiling mix of peat smoke, tangy lemon and lime, pepper and cinnamon-spiced toffee. Brine, bananas and currants with espresso and tarry smoke: a long smoky finish of pear, aniseed and barley

1. Ardbeg Ten Years Old的味道如何？
   • 揉合濃郁的煤煙、清爽的檸檬和青檸、辛辣的胡椒和摻雜玉桂辛香的太妃糖氣味。海鹽、香蕉及漿果香氣滲透酒身，並帶有意大利特濃咖啡及柏油的煙薰風味，締造悠長的煙薰香梨、茴香籽及大麥餘韻

1. Why is Ardbeg 10 Years Old bottled at 46% ABV?
   • Most single malts are chill-filtered and bottled at 40% ABV. Ardbeg Ten Years old however, is bottled at 46% and non chill-filtered for extra texture and mouth-feel

1. 為什麼Ardbeg 10 Years Old以46%酒精含量(ABV)裝瓶?
   • 大部分的單一麥芽威士忌均經冷過濾，並以40% ABV裝瓶。而Ardbeg Ten Years Old則不經冷過濾，每瓶的酒精含量亦提高至46%，以營造更豐富的質感和口感

1. What barrels do you use for the maturation of Ardbeg Ten Years old ?
   • Ardbeg Ten years old is matured for ten years in American oak ex-bourbon casks. We use a mix of first fill and second fill casks – the first fill give a lovely creamy vanilla flavour while the second fill casks add a biscuity, cereal character to the spirit

1. 你們以什麼木桶陳釀Ardbeg Ten Years Old？
   • Ardbeg Ten Years Old於美國前波本威士忌(ex-bourbon)橡木酒桶中陳釀。我們混合使用初次蒸餾及二次蒸餾烈酒，初次蒸餾烈酒帶出濃郁可喜的香草氣息；而二次蒸餾烈酒則為佳釀加添餅乾及穀物香味

1. How is Ardbeg spirit distilled?
   • The spirit for Ardbeg Ten Years old is derived from a spirit still that is unique amongst the Islays in that it has a curious apparatus called a purifier on the lyne arm of the still that re-circulates the heavier alcohols thus giving Ardbeg its envied reputation for fruity, floral complexity

1. Ardbeg烈酒如何蒸餾？
   • Ardbeg Ten Years Old所用之烈酒出自艾雷島上特有的烈酒蒸餾器，它的頸細管上方有一個名為純化器的奇怪裝置，可使較重的酒精再次於系統中循環，為Ardbeg添上獨特而迷人的複雜花果氣味。Ardbeg亦因此能憑藉由泥煤澎湃的個性及花果的甜香

1. Why is Ardbeg 10 Years Old, light in colour?
   • Ardbeg Ten Years Old is a balance of first and second fill barrels all matured in ex-bourbon barrels and therefore lighter. We never add colour

1. 為何Ardbeg 10 Years Old色澤較淺？
   • Ardbeg Ten Years Old是平衡初次蒸餾及二次蒸餾烈酒比重、並於前波本威士忌酒桶中陳釀的威士忌，因此色澤較淺。我們絕不添加色素

1. Do you have limitless supplies?
   • By the very nature of our process of distilling capacity and maturation Ardbeg Ten Years Old is necessarily limited and with growing demand across the world Ardbeg Ten Years Old is now one of the most sought after single malts – that said we anticipate that we have plentiful supplies to cope with existing demand

1. 你們是否會無限制地生產這佳釀？
   • 由於Ardbeg Ten Years Old的陳釀過程及蒸餾產量受限，而且全球對 Ardbeg Ten Years Old的需求日增，令它成為最受熱捧的單一麥芽威士忌之一。但我們的產量依然豐富，足夠應付目前的需求

1. What do Whisky aficionados say about Ardbeg?
   • Jim Murray – author of the Whisky Bible and doyen of whisky writers awarded Ardbeg Ten Years old World Whisky of the Year in 2008. Of Ardbeg Jim says: "quite simply the greatest distillery on earth. If perfection on the palate exists this is it"

1. 威士忌愛好者對Ardbeg有什麼評語？
   • Whisky Bible(威士忌寶典)作者及著名威士忌酒評家Jim Murray選出Ardbeg Ten Years old為2008年World Whisky of the Year (年度世界威士忌)。Jim眼中的Ardbeg：「簡直是全球最偉大的釀酒廠。如果說完美的味覺真正存在，這就是了」。