Scotch / Single malt Scotch

Ardbeg Wee Beastie

Name: Ardbeg Wee Beastie
Brand: Ardbeg

Brisk tarry smoke and pepper, with chocolate and a savory finish.

SmokeSpiceSweetness

47.4%ABV

5Age · years

Ink and watercolor study of an unbranded whisky bottle and tasting glass; not a product depiction — AN ILLUSTRATED SERVING STUDY · NOT THE ACTUAL BOTTLE

01 / IN THE GLASS

A flavor fingerprint.

Neat, at bottled strength. Editorial estimates—not measurements.

Ardbeg Wee Beastie · reference

Laphroaig Lore has more spice and more oak.

SweetnessLittle sweetness → Very sweet

BodyKey differenceLight-bodied → Full-bodied

SmokeLittle smoke → Smoke-led

Fresh fruitNot enough data

Excluded from this fingerprint and comparison claims.

Dried fruitLittle dried fruit → Dried-fruit-led

FloralLittle blossom → Blossom-led

SpiceKey differenceGentle spice → Spice-led

OakKey differenceLittle oak → Oak-led

Malt / cerealLittle grain → Grain-led

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

02 / SIDE BY SIDE

Compare the character.

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Smoke × Body

Full-bodiedLight-bodied

Little smokeSmoke-led

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Nearby profiles from the full collection.

Laphroaig LoreLaphroaig Lore has more spice and more oak.Kilchoman SanaigKilchoman Sanaig has more body and more oak.Laphroaig CairdeasLaphroaig Cairdeas has more body and less sweetness.Laphroaig Quarter CaskLaphroaig Quarter Cask has much less dried fruit and more body.Ardbeg An OaArdbeg An Oa has more sweetness and more body.

03 / THE RECORD

Behind the bottle.

MaturationBourbon and Oloroso sherry casks

Peat statuspeated

Mash / grainsderived from category

DistilleryArdbeg

Sources, confidence & score rationale

unverified for US — non-US specification

Facts checked 3 September 2026. “Not verified” does not mean absent. Scores are editorial estimates, not tasting-panel measurements. Rubric: whisky-neat-v1.

[1] Ardbeg · Ardbeg Wee Beastie ↗ · producer
unverified for US — non-US specification

Sweetness · 30
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Body · 50
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Smoke · 88
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Fresh fruit · Not enough data
Category default used because bottle-specific production input is unavailable; excluded from comparison prose and key-difference highlights.

Dried fruit · 45
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Floral · 0
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Spice · 60
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Oak · 25
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Malt / cereal · 10
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]