Ardmore 30 Year Old

Ardmore 10 YO That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch 5

This is the sixth in a series of 24 reviews of the 2019 whisky advent calendar, the result of seizing an opportunity when the LCBO dropped the price of this set by 50% in early 2020. Call me weak. Before tonight I could only remember having tried Ardmore’s _Traditional Cask_. I picked it up in 2011, eventually opened it in 2014, and finally...

Score 76/100

Ardmore 8 Year Old 2008 Berry Bros & Rudd for The Nectar

This is probably the palest Ardmore I have ever seen. Even lighter than white wine. Berry Brothers bottled this youngling for The Nectar, a Belgian importer. It is a single cask, but cut to 46%. The nose may start closed, but slowly it shows it true colors. In this case, that means a delicately smoky but mostly very sweet nose on barley sugars,...

Score 83/100

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

Ardmore - Traditional Cask

Promoted during the months that I stayed in Edinburgh as Malt of the Month at the local pub, and it is true, if I'm ever going to make a "Bang for your Buck" list, this one will surely take the lead. A quite complex single malt for its price-tag and my "daily" dram

Score 83/100