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$924.99
42.6% - 1985 - A Marriage of Two Refill Hogsheads - 90.98pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"The residents of Whiskyland like to celebrate big birthdays. Come to think of it, they also like to celebrate small birthdays. Truth be told, they just like celebrating. Still, 40 years old is a good milestone. This 40 year old, 1985 Ardmore popped up out of the spreadsheet wilderness entirely by chance and we felt it was the universe saying that we should round off 2025 with a small-batch 40 year old Whiskyland bottling. This is a marriage of two refill hogsheads, bottled at natural cask strength and it's a beautfiully soft, peaty, waxy and honeyed old malt of great character." - $ 90.98pts Whiskybase
700 mlOUT OF STOCK
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Originally written by Evan for a blog post relating to KWM's 2020 Whisky Calendar.
Ardmore distillery was founded in 1898 and was purpose-built to provide whisky for Blending, as pretty much all distilleries were at the time. However with Ardmore that hasn’t changed much – even today just about all of Ardmore’s is still being used for blending, trading stock, or selling.
Only a small portion of Ardmore Single Malt Scotch lands in official bottles released by Ardmore and its parent company Beam Suntory. When it comes to profile and releases, Bowmore and Laphroaig get plenty of attention, being the Islay darlings that they are. Auchentoshan in the Lowlands gets similar treatment. Even Glen Garioch gets more releases, and that is saying something!
One of the reasons Ardmore is the heart of Teacher’s Highland Cream and also sought after by independent bottlers is that just about all of the whisky produced at the distillery is moderately peated. I have only tasted one unpeated Ardmore that I can recall. There is also a lighter peated style that the distillery makes which is sometimes dubbed Ardlair. I suspect some of the Ardmore I have tasted have been this style, which tends to amp up the sweet, creamy and ashy notes of the whisky.
$964.99
48.7% - 1991 - First Fill Sherry Hogshead - 90.14pts, Whiskybase
Producer Description
"BEWARE: there are unexploded ordinance dotted throughout the landscape of Whiskyland. True Sherry bombs are scarce, but when you do happen to stumble across one, they can be detonated with the simple pulling of a cork and the results... well, just ask these discombobulated Dramblegeeks! If you are going to 'pull the pin' on this outrageous 1991, 34 year old Tamnavulin that has en-sultrified itself all its wood-clad years in a 1st fill sherry hogshead of epically old school proportions, then please do so from a safe distance, wearing appropriate dramming gear and be prepared to get 'properly walloped' by luscious old school sherry characteristics."
$1099.99
9.5% - 1997 - Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel - 90.58pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"The Spirit Sprites are hard at work in Whiskyland Chapter Thirteen, as a beautiful, 26 year old single refill barrel of the lost Imperial Distillery winds its way into view from the shadows. This is a delicate and elegant old single cask with a naturally low cask strength, dominated by waxes, oils, cedar wood, camphor and delicate notes of citrus fruits and white flowers. Classical Imperial! Which is why those diligent Spirit Sprites are fluttering about it, trying to capture something of that noble spirit before the light burns out for good..."