Ardmore reviews

Colour is a darker bronze than our previous drams this evening, no doubt impact from the added quarter cask ageing.Nose of burnt sugar and butter. Glazed ham.Flavours are something of a let-down after…

This is a young malt (6-8 years) finished in the quarter cask. If it sound a lot like Laphroaig's Quarter Cask they are owned by the same parent company. The only other products Ardmore has are 25 & 30…

Nose: sweet and peaty. I get vanilla, black licorice, some light florals, and a clean peat aroma than is more earthy than smoky. It has neither the ashy dryness of Laphroaig and Caol Ila nor the intense…

This was my second Ardmore bottling to try, after sampling a 25yr at a whisky show a little while back. I thought with this I would go back to the start and the base of the range in order to get a better…

I bought this bottle in Kansas City for 35$. I think I made the best deal in town at that time. I have tasted it previously during a whisky event along with the Ardmore 30 years old. I found during that…

Another giant but a hidden gem, because until recently the malt from this East Highlander went mainly in to Teacher's. That's changing, though. Bought by Beam Global a few years ago this malt, matured…

The peaty nature of the Traditional Cask (Ardmore are the only remaining Highland distillery to fully peat their standard malt) might give you a bit of a scare if you aren't but it is followed by a…

Vanilla and clover shine through the maltiness and overriding bourbon of the nose, but don't make their presence known on a first sniff. A light, soft body lets the flavors of this moderately peaty…

Ardmore Traditional Cask 46%ABV Nose: Smoky, Bourbony, slightly malty Palate: Sweet and slightly bitter Palate with H2O: Bourbony but not sweet Rating: 80Another good bottle for the budget conscious