Ardbeggeddon II - Sunday January 7, 2001

Ok, got an excellent night sleep, up at 6:30 am and at breakfast at 7 am.  We convened at Mr. Lucky's at 10 am to reconvene and plan the day.  By unanimous opinion, we decided to begin immediately.  We returned to the tasting room at 11 am.

Also, this was the day I designated that I would once again try to dram my age (this gets tougher every year and I need to do it while my liver is still young and in top notch shape).  Never achieved this at Ardbeggeddon I - only made it to 36 drams in 14 hours...  

Here is a partial list so far today - I began by tasting by finishing off the remaining Springers:

1.  Springbank, PLOWED bottling, 2/67-7/99, 32 yo, 45.8%, MM Cask 175
2.  Springbank, 12/79-5/94, 14 yo, 46%
3.  Springbank, 1967 Sherrywood, 32 yo, Cadenhead's Chairman's Stock
4.  Springbank, 6/72-10/93, 21 yo, 46%
5.  Springbank, 6/93-10/00, 7 yo, 59.9%, SMSW Bottling
6.  Springbank, 12/19/69-9/17/97, 27 yo, Butt #2383, Bottle 21/580, Signatory
7.  Springbank, 1965, 34 yo, Cask MM 580, Sherry Cask, Murray McDavid
8.  Springbank No 3 Bond, bottled in Edinburgh shop on 8/28/00, 58%
9.  Glenfarclas, 1959, 35 yo, Single Barrel - sherry cask, 52.6%, W&W
10.  The Balvenie Classic, 12 yo, 43%
11.  Glengoyne 1968 Vintage Reserve, 50.3%
12.  Glengarioch, 1968, 29 yo, Cask #618, 55.9%
13.  Bunnahabhain, 1969, 25 yo, Sherry Cask, 52.8%, W&W 

It's now 5 pm and I'm only up to 13 malts - little chance I'll make my goal of dramming my age today, but check back tomorrow to see how I ended up doing (there WILL be at least an injury level report - the mood in the room is leaning towards total excess...  ;-)

Well, how things change with time...  I MADE IT!  I DRAMMED MY AGE AND LIVED TO TELL THE STORY! 

Here it is:

14.  Mortlach 1972, 22 yo, 65.3%, Rare Malts
15.  Linkwood 29 yo, 40%, G&M
16.  Linkwood 11 yo, 11/83-5/95, 43%, Signatory
17.  Longmorn 1969, 30 yo, Cask 4255, 55.9%, Adelphi (YES!  amazing dram - find more...)
18.  Longmorn Sherry Wood, 1970, 30 yo, 57.1%

...then it was time to venture to Islay...  it's now ~6:30 pm...

19.  Port Ellen, 2/79-8/00, 21 yo, 50%, Old Malt Cask
20.  Port Ellen, 1980, 15 yo, 40%, G&M
21.  Ardbeg 1972, 28 yo, 49.5%, Old Malt Cask
22.  Ardbeg 1967, 30 yo, 50.3%, Signatory
23.  Port Ellen 11/19/80-5/97, Casks #5105-5110, 64.4%, G&M (from Elgin shop)
24.  Ardbeg Committee Dram, 11/24/76-7/17/00, Cask 2392, Sherry Butt - yummm....

It was now 9 pm and I kind of got distracted...  I also "think" we ate supper in here somewhere...

25.  North Port (Brechlin), 12/76-3/97, 20 yo, 61.7%, Cadenhead's
26.  Brora, 6/81-10/99,18 yo, Old Malt Cask
27.  Port Ellen 1978, 20 yo, 60.9%, Rare Malts
28.  Very Old Ardbeg, 30 yo, 40%
29.  Ardbeg 1966, 32 yo, 42.8%, Bourbon Hogshead (156 bottles), Cadenhead's
30.  Tomatin, 6/78-6/95, 17 yo, 56.5%, Sherrywood, Cadenhead's
31.  North Port (Brechlin), 1971, 23 yo, 65.3%, Rare Malts
32.  Ardbeg 1963, 30 yo, 40%, Connoisseur's Choice - WOW!
33.  Glenury Royal 1970, 29 yo, 57%, Rare Malts
34.  Port Ellen 1975, 22 yo, 43%, G&M
35.  Talisker Limited Edition Manager's Dram, 60%
36.  Talisker Tactical, 1980, 20 yo, Old Malt Cask

...at this point it was 1 am and Roy entered the room - amazing performance...  He energized me and I sprinted to the finish line...

37.  Port Ellen, 1979, 16 yo, 43%, W&W
38.  Lochside, 5/81-2/00, 18 yo, Refill Sherry, Murray McDavid Cask 9636
39.  Dallas Dhu, 1977, 18 yo, 59.7%, Cadenhead's
40.  Dallas Dhu,  10 yo, 40%, G&M
41.  Glen Mhor, 6/65-1/84, 18 yo, 46%, Cadenhead's Dumpy Bottle
42.  Cardhu 4/26/71-8/2/00, 26 yo, Butt #3614, Signatory Vintage
43.  Macallan 1973, 20 yo, 43%,Single Barrel Sherry Cask, Whyte & Whyte
44.  St. Magdelene 1979, 19 yo, Rare Malts
45.  Glencadam, 10/80-10/92,  11 yo, 61.2%, Cadenhead's
46.  Bowmore 30 yo...   

YEE HAR!  Made it!  Drammed my age!  To celebrate this victory and "hammer" it into my feeble memory I consulted with my fellow PLOWEDsters who of course recommended Local Barley as my "over the top" dram.

47.  Local Barley 1966 - lipped directly from the bottle (and photo documented - so they say) in the PLOWED Style pioneered by Sir Dave at Ardbeggeddon I 

 Life is very good indeed...  Thank you - both the gods of Springbank and the gods of liver protection!!!  I'll post pictures of the victory celebration as soon as they are developed and scanned.

 When asked if I plan to do it again at A3, I vehemently said NO!  Once is enough - I need to find a more difficult challenge next... 

Sing it loud, sing it PLOWED!   
...a very descriptive quote the next day by Sir Dave regarding this accomplishment...

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