History: Records of a distillery at "Ardbeg", run by smugglers, date back to the year 1794. In 1815, the MacDougall family opened the first official Ardbeg distillery and successfully ran it till 1959, when "Ardbeg Distillery Ltd" was founded. 1977 Ardbeg was sold to Hiram Walker, who had to close down in 1981. 1989 the distillery was bought by United Distillers, who did not succeed in staying in business either and closed down in 1996. 1997, Glenmorangie plc took over and are still successfully running the distillery, which in 1998 was enhanced by a new visitor center.
Character: Supposedly uses the "most heavily peated malt in Scotland", earthy and smoky aromas
Status: active

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