UK Rollercoaster Committee

Rollercoaster - UK (Committee Bottle - 2010)

Committee Bottle: Rollercoaster (UK)

Bottled: 10 December, 2009

Age: NAS

ABV: 57.3%

Bottle Size: 70cl

Cask Type: see below

Number of Bottles: 12,000

Bottled for: Ardbeg Committee

Box: None

Insert/Booklet: Neck Hang

Front Label: Tan colored

Back Label: Tan colored

Initial Cost: �50

(Feb. 6th, 2010) - Ardbeg Rollercoaster Launches for the Committee (on Feb. 15th).

"The Ardbeg bottling of the decade!"

The Ardbeg Rollercoaster was officially launched and released on February 15th. It went on sale at the Distillery on the same day for �50 GBP, and there was a limit of 2 per Committee member. The allocation in the UK was 12,000 bottles.

This whisky was bottled at 57.3%, and it contains casks from 1997-2006, with the breakdown of cask types and percentages listed below.

1997 Cask: 2nd fill - 9.5%
1998 Cask: Refill Hogshead - 12.2%
1999 Cask: 1st Fill Barrel - 14.2%
2000 Cask: 1st Fill Barrel - 10.9%
2001 Cask: Refill Barrel - 6.2%
2002 Cask: Refill Barrel - 8.9%
2003 Cask: 1st Fill Barrel - 11.7%
2004 Cask: 1st Fill Barrel - 10.6%
2005 Cask: 2nd Fill Sherry Butt - 10.4%
2006 Cask: Refill Hogshead - 5.4%

Click on the picture above to visit Ardbeg's page on the Rollercoaster. Tune in later for The Ardbeg Project page of both the UK and US releases.

Bottle Codes for Rollercoaster Committee, including any other Expressions bottled on the same day or within hours of the Rollercoaster.

Bottle Code	Expression	Size	Market	Day	Month	Year
L9 344 10:17 6ML	Rollercoaster (UK-Comm)	700	UK	10	December	2009
L9 344 13:22 6ML	Rollercoaster (US-Comm)	750	US (MH)	10	December	2009
L9 344 13:55 6ML	Rollercoaster (4.5L)	4500	Promotional	10	December	2009
L9 344 18:15 6ML	Rollercoaster (UK-Comm)	700	UK	10	December	2009