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$369.99
Highland single malt from Ardmore. Matured in ex-sherry for 18 years. Only 122 bottles. 87.54pts Whiskybase
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 51.9% abv.
700 mlPRE-ORDER
This is not a guarantee of availability. You will not be charged until we can confirm we can get you a bottle(s). In the event we have more pre-orders than bottles we will draw names by ballot to allocate bottles for sale.
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.
$394.99
Distilled in 1994, this 26 year old Ardmore matured in a Refill American Oak Hogshead before bottling at 53.1%.
$419.99
Glenburgie is one of the most exciting distilleries going. Team KWM are big fans (remember that killer single cask we bottled for the shop a couple years back?), and itching to try this 19-year-old sherried version. Only 143 bottles worldwide. 89pts Whiskybase
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottles at 51.6% abv.
$409.99
A rose by any other name. Granville is an appellation occasionally used for Clynelish. 22-year-old Highland malt in ex-Bourbon. A small outturn of only 144 bottles from ex-Bourbon, with only 4 coming to KWM!
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 54.9% abv.
