Macbeth Collection Act I - Full Set
$19,507.00
This is a complete set of Elixir Distillers Macbeth Collection - Act 1. 239 years of liquid history in 7 bottles!
About the Macbeth Collection Act I
"A collection of forty two different whiskies from the length and breadth of Scotlandselected and bottled by Livingstone in partnership with Elixir Distillers,each representing a character from the Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.With illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake, and character notes by Dave Broom.
"WHY MACBETH?: It is the ultimate Scottish family drama; akin to the history of the Scotch whiskyindustry itself. Feuds, triumphs, allegiances and betrayals...The play is full of great characters, perfect to build whisky profiles around.From bright to dark, light to heavy, all Scotch whisky can be represented.There are a fixed number of characters - meaning the series is finite. This is key when creating a meaningful collection."
This set includes one bottle of each of the following:
- Macbeth Collection Cambus 31 Year -
- Macbeth Collection Glen Grant 56 Year
- Macbeth Collection BenRiach 31 Year
- Macbeth Collection Glen Garioch 31 Year
- Macbeth Collection Linkwood 31 Year
- Macbeth Collection Ardbeg 19 Year
- Macbeth Collection Ledaig 18 Year
- Macbeth Collection Ardmore 12 Year
- Macbeth Collection Blair Athol 10 Year
G&M CC Ardmore 1997 KWM Cask 5564
$399.99
This whisky was featured on Day 25 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
The staff at KWM are divided on Ardmore generally speaking, but never on Ardmore from a Gordon & MacPhail sherry cask! This 1997 vintage Ardmore was matured for a quarter of a century in an active Refill Sherry Cask, and bottled at 50.3%. It was selected by and bottled exclusively for your humble whisky drudges at KWM!
(Above — A random Calgary Flames Fan discusses and tastes the G&M Connoisseurs Choice Ardmore 1997 KWM Cask 5564)
OMC 25th Annv Ardmore 13 Year
$167.99
I really wanted to dislike this... the price is a touch high, it is from an ex-Wine hogshead, and Ardmore, especially young Ardmore is so hit and miss for me. But it is excellent! 2010 vintage, 13 years old, 50%, and bottled for the 25th Anniversary of the Old Malt Cask range.
Dumangin Whisky Ardmore 2009
$159.99
Ardmore in Ratafia. Hmmmm. Anyone else imagining Braveheart meets Versailles? Trust our friend Gilles Dumangin to marry a rough-and-tumble Highlander with the elegance of French wine. This peated malt spent 9 years in a Refill Hogshead before being moved into an ex-Ratafia Champenois barrel for a 2 year polishing.
281 bottles. Natural colour and non-chill filtered. 48%
G&M Distillery Label Ardmore 2000
$177.99
Hot take: the G&M semi-official Ardmore, bottled under the Distillery Label series, is far superior to the official branded releases. It's also abundantly clear that Ardmore is being handled with love and care at Gordon & MacPhail, where they match that big earthy, organic spirit profile with incredibly complimentary cask types. In this case, Refill Sherry Hogsheads. Miss this one at your own risk.
Natural colour, non chill-filtered, and bottled at 46%.
G&M CC Ardmore 1994
$394.99
Distilled in 1994, this 26 year old Ardmore matured in a Refill American Oak Hogshead before bottling at 53.1%.
Whisky Sponge Ardmore 2000 Ed.69
$464.99
Bottled at 22 years of age, this 2000 vintage Ardmore was matured in a Refill Hogshead before finishing in a first fill sherry butt. Bottled at a cask strength of 54.2%. 88.25pts Whiskybase
Producer Note
"This 2000 Ardmore is a great medley of farmy, earthy, smoky and sherry notes. We don’t normally go for whiskies that have been finished or re-racked. However, in this instance, the quality and richness of the sherry influence married so well with the fat, lightly peaty Ardmore distillate character that we couldn’t resist this lovely dark and gooey concoction. Bottled at natural cask strength, the finish is long and going towards tar resins, wood oils, mineral oil, strop leather and sooty waxes."
Whisky Sponge Ardmore 1997 Ed.76
$469.99
This 1997 vintage Ardmore was matured 24 years in a Refill Bourbon Hogshead before bottling at 52.4%.
Producer Note
"Since the dawn of creation, conscious beings have been asking themselves one thing: why does Ardmore taste like the smelly matter you find in Scottish farmyard...? The answer to this question has eluded the greatest scientific minds in the cosmos. Mayans, Vulcans, Time Lords, Vogons and David Attenborough have all tried, and failed, to discover the pungent truth. All we can do is play Sponge scrabble and ruminate deeply and profoundly, on the sheer number of silly toilet-centric words you can invent in association with Ardmore and all its bum-scented glory. Please enjoy this extremely classical 25 year old Ardmore that has been matured full term in a withered old refill hogshead and bottled at natural cask strength, thus retaining its maximum dung-addled distillate potency."
Maltbarn Ardmore 2003
$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.