Ardmore
Fact Sheet
Founded: 1898
Current owner: Fortune Brands
Stills: 4 wash, 4 spirit
Capacity: 4.2 million litres per year
Location: Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire
Website: www.ardmorewhisky.com
Notable Facts: Ardmore is one of the very few Speyside distilleries that use peated malt for some of their whisky.
Bottlings
March 26, 2012
This malt makes no secret of its young age. The youthful roughness is not complemented by an awful lot of flavour, though. – Rating: 79/100
March 21, 2012
This is an unusally gently peated Ardmore, not particularly breathtaking but nice and sippable, especially as an aperitive dram. – Rating: 83/100
January 4, 2012
The enticing fruitiness of the nose does not fully translate onto the palate. It tastes quite nice but even with water there is a sharp edge to it. – Rating: 83/100
July 26, 2011
After a great nose, the palate of this peated Speyside malt trails a bit behind as the fruit has lost some of its influence. Still a very nice dram, though. – Rating: 83/100
March 5, 2010
A bit similar to the Benriach Heavily Peated, but doesn’t quite reach it. Still a very nice peated Speysider, though. – Score: 84/100
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May 11, 2011
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