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Ardmore 12 Year Old Port Wood Finish

Halfway Decent

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@MaltActivistReview by @MaltActivist

3rd Feb 2016

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  • Nose
    21
  • Taste
    20
  • Finish
    21
  • Balance
    21
  • Overall
    83

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I've not had a lot of Ardmore in my lifetime, I'll be perfectly honest. I've tried the entry level Ardmore Traditional Cask which was a good gift to buy given it's extremely affordable price tag and decent quality.

The other one I've had is the Ardmore 25 which is a lovely cask strength whisky. Lots of punch and lots of flavor. Quite impressive.

But that's the extent of my Ardmore experience.

Then a few days ago I got sent a 50ml sample from their PR/Marketing agency to try and then write about. I know there are some bloggers who refuse samples completely in order to keep their reviews unbiased. Which is fine. I, on the other hand, don't mind receiving samples since my reviews are going to be unbiased any way.

Like this one.

This Ardmore joins three other travel retail expressions released recently, Legacy, Tradition and Triple Wood, and retails at around 50GBP. A bit high if you ask me for a NAS travel retail with so so flavors.

Matured for 12 years in bourbon and then finished off in European half Port Pipes my sample is from a 50ml bottle and serve at 46%

Smoke. Milk chocolate. Malt. Barley. Leather. Figs. Treacle. Cinnamon. Red apples.. Cigar box. Cowhide. Digestives. Linseed oil. It's decent. Something is a touch off but not massively. 21/25

That smoke again. Touch of peat. Leather. Some bitter herbs. Gets super bitter mid-palate and you really have to chew on it to release the other flavors. Turns to a bitter chocolate. Toffee. Vanilla. Dried tea. Some type of varnish. Not what I was expecting really. A mish mash of flavors which, while not disastrous, are not that stellar either. 20/25

Medium with a drying smoke. 21/25

What do I think? I think it's OK. What do you expect from an entry level NAS Travel Retail, right? It's probably not the easiest to drink but someone who's not too picky won't mind this terribly.

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3 comments

@Ol_Jas
Ol_Jas commented

If you look up the definition of "damning with faint praise," you should find a link to this review.

8 years ago 0

@MaltActivist
MaltActivist commented

@OlJas hahaha I'll take that as a compliment. That was precisely what I was going for!

8 years ago 0

Wierdo commented

Have I misunderstood your review somehow? How this can be 12 years old and yet NAS?

6 years ago 1Who liked this?

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