Ardbeg Day 2026 at Primo Liquors
Schedule
Fri Jun 05 2026 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Primo Liquors | Davie, FL
Feis Ile is the festival nobody outside whisky talks about and everybody inside whisky plans the year around. Every distillery on Islay opens its doors the same week in late May. The festival closes on a Saturday with Ardbeg Day, the moment a 211-year-old distillery throws its biggest party of the year. Primo is the South Florida edition.
Costs you nothing to walk in. The 5 to 6:15 pour is free, no ticket, no minimum, just you and our team and six bottles from one of the loudest distilleries on Islay. Stay for the 6:30 masterclass if you want the rare ones and a $20 store credit that more than covers the seat. Either way, you are part of something happening at exactly the same hour at distilleries from Bowmore to Bunnahabhain.
A quick word on Ardbeg, because the story is wild
Founded 1815 on the south coast of Islay. Sat next door to Lagavulin and Laphroaig, the three of them known as the Kildalton trio. Mothballed in 1981. Restarted briefly under Hiram Walker. Mothballed AGAIN in 1996. Almost lost permanently. Glenmorangie bought the silent distillery in 1997 and gave it back its peat. Every Ardbeg you drink today is liquid evidence that a distillery can come back from the brink and remake an entire category. The 10 you taste tonight is the daily driver that started the comeback.
What we are pouring (free, 5:00 to 6:15)
Ardbeg 10 Year
The benchmark. 55+ ppm phenol on the malt. Smoke, sea spray, lime, pepper, a kick of vanilla on the finish. The bottle that taught a whole generation what Islay means.
Ardbeg Corryvreckan
Named after the Gulf of Corryvreckan, the third-largest whirlpool in the world, swirling between Jura and Scarba up the coast from Islay. Bourbon and ex-Bordeaux French oak. Wild aromatic peat with espresso, cracked black pepper, dark chocolate. The wave that knocks you over.
Ardbeg Dolce (Ardbeg Day 2026 Release)
The limited Day bottling. Released globally one weekend a year. You are tasting it the same hour the Committee in Scotland is tasting it.
Ardbeg Anthology 14 Year
Chapter two in the Anthology series. Fully matured in PX sherry casks. Plummy dark fruit hung over the usual Islay smoke, raisin, fig, hot fudge under campfire.
Ardbeg Spectacular
Recent Committee Release, drawn from select cellar racks at Ardbeg HQ. Limited, generous, distinctly Ardbeg.
Ardbeg Hardcore
Cask strength, peat at full volume, no apology. If you have ever said you wanted a louder Ardbeg, this is what you asked for.
Masterclass adds these two (6:30 to 8:00, $20 ticket, $20 store credit)
Ardbeg 17 Year
Out of print since 2005. Older Ardbeg was made with less peat than today, so this one drinks softer, beeswax and honey wrapped around quiet smoke. A snapshot of pre-LVMH Ardbeg that you simply do not pour at a free tasting.
Ardbeg 25 Year
The flagship aged expression. Retails north of $1,000 a bottle. Twenty-five years in oak refines the peat to something almost gentle, dried apricot, toffee, leather, faint salt. The kind of pour you sit with for half an hour.
Why come
Six bottles to taste for free. Eight if you stay for the masterclass.
$2,500+ worth of whisky on the table.
$20 masterclass ticket converts to $20 store credit toward any Ardbeg bottle that evening, so the seat costs nothing if you take a bottle home, and you probably will.
Light bites paired to the lineup.
Part of a global Ardbeg Day celebration happening simultaneously at distilleries, bars, and bottle shops across six continents.
Logistics
Friday, June 5, 2026 · 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Primo Liquors (Primo 1, Southwest Ranches)
4815 Southwest 148th Avenue
Davie, FL
Walk-in tasting is free. RSVP so we know how many pours to set up. Masterclass seats are capped at 30. Limited Ardbeg Day Release bottles available for purchase the evening of the event while they last.
Where is it happening?
Primo Liquors, 4815 Southwest 148th Avenue, Davie, United States
Tickets
USD 0.00 to USD 23.18
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