Ardmore 16 Year Old 1996 Cask 8020 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Ardmore - Traditional Cask

This Highlander is no Kurgan, that's for sure: a traditional cask aged dateless wonder with no birthday per se, but this single malt's got a nice hint of peat in there that is quite satisfying. It's sweet enough to please the ladies who would turn up their noses at the presence of charcoal, heavy leather, and medicinal-tasting tinctures that...

Score 83/100

Ardmore 2008 / 8 Year Old / Provenance

My first bottle of Ardmore (although I now have two on the go) and plumbed for a single (refill - bourbon I'm guessing) cask IB from Douglas Laing's Provenance series. I believe that it is only relatively recently that Ardmore branched into the single malt world, being primarily used as blend filler. Ardmore is said to be the main malt...

Score 86/100

Ardmore 10 Year Old 2000 Creative Whisky Company

Ardmore can be found in the Highlands. There was once an Ardmore Distillery on Islay, truly. Maybe that explains why the whisky is so peaty? That you can easily confuse it with an Islay whisky? I am only guessing. This teenager was bottled by David Stirk for his Creative Whisky Company in their Exclusive Range. The nose could easily fool you....

Score 86/100

Ardmore Legacy

The Armore Legacy is a NAS whisky from the Highlands that was introduced in 2014. You might say it is the follow-up release for the Traditional (although you could say the same of the Ardmore Tradition). It is mildly peaty and was finished in smaller Quarter Casks. The nose is accessibly sweet on toffee, honey and some vanilla, shows a hint of...

Score 80/100