THIS WAS A PROMOTIONAL ITEM, PRODUCED IN EXTREMELY LIMITED NUMBERS! ONLY 500 PRODUCED!

Islay distillery Ardbeg’s limited edition 40-page sci-fi anthology inspired by three of its single malt expressions –  Ardbeg Ten Years Old, Ardbeg An Oa, and Ardbeg Wee Beastie – its first foray into graphic novels. 

Planet Ardbeg, new dimensions in flavour, has been created by three graphic artists, award-winning New York cartoonist Ronald Wimberly (who acted as creative director), Emma Ríos and Sanford Greene. The trio have devised three fantastical tales that celebrate the flavours of each of the three Ardbeg expressions and feature cameos from some of the Islay distillery’s best-known characters.

The first tale, Guardians of Oa by Sanford Greene, draws its influence from the rounded balance and smoky power of Ardbeg An Oa in an action-packed epic about a copper city coming under attack from a monstrous creature. Ronald Wimberley’s The Best Laid Schemes channels “the feisty and formidable flavours of Ardbeg Wee Beastie” in a “fast-paced neo-western featuring giant botanicals and even bigger beasts”, the distillery said. The final tale, Take it with a Grain of Sand, by Emma Ríos,” captures the complex peaty essence of Ardbeg Ten Years Old, and tells of a mystical quest through a land lost to time”.