Ardmore 21 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Particular Ardmore 21 Year Old 1999 Single Refill Cask DL15058 (2021) 70cl
Ardmore is among the most daring of the smoky Highland malts, often a rather full-throttle peated dram. The distillery made old-style Highland malt whisky for many moons, supplying the smoky element in Teacher's blended whisky since its inception in 1898, and only converted to steam heated stills in 2002.
This Ardmore 1999 by Douglas Laing predates that change, and as it's a refill hogshead cask bottled as a 21-year-old at 51.5% it's a safe bet that this will showcase the classic Ardmore style to the fullest, putting the Old in Old Particular.
Distilled at the Ardmore Distillery in 1999, only 297 bottlings are available of this twenty one year old expression. Aromatic, round and replete with subtle smoke and gently peated barley. Mouthcoatingly unctuous - peppery, phenolic cereals abound amongst crushed sugar.
Tasting Notes
Nose : Aromatic, round and replete with subtle smoke and gently peated barley
Palate : Mouthcoatingly unctuous - peppery, phenolic cereals abound amongst crushed sugar
Finish : Anticipate a long conglomerate of all those sweet peat qualities on the finish, along with a dash of oak.
About Ardmore
Adam Teacher, son of Glasgow Blender William Teacher, decided it was time his family had their own malt whisky distillery and so built Ardmore Distillery in 1898. Not long after, Ardmore became a limited company and expanded its stills from two to eight stills in total. Around 600 ft above sea level sits the Ardmore Distillery, at the highest point of the Northern railway line in the Highlands of Scotland. This allowed for the founder, Adam Teacher, to easily transport materials from Glasgow to the rather remote location, allowing the distillery to thrive. Ardmore was sold to Beam Suntory in 2006 before becoming part of Beam Suntory’s world whisky portfolio including names such as Japanese Distilleries Yamazaki and Hibiki. Still to this day, the water source is from the naturally rising springs that are situated on the 1,500 ft Knockandy Hill. Ranging from lightly peated to sweet and fruity drams, the Ardmore became one of the last in Scotland to switch from fire to steam-heated stills.
51.5% ABV
70cl
