We are heading back to Islay to take a look at Ardbeg Corryvreckan, one of the two NAS whiskies in Ardbeg’s core line (the other being Uigeadail). We don’t know much about how this one was made, but if we read through the lines on the Ardbeg site we can infer that the Corry was aged in both ex-Bourbon (as the standard 10 year old is) as well as new French Oak barrels. French Oak is said to give more spicy/peppery notes compared to the American Oak (used for Bourbon aging) which is more vanilla forward. We do know that this is the highest proof of the core products, coming in at 57.1% so I expect this to have some extra horsepower and may use some water to open up other flavors as well.