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SMWS 149.19: Ardnamurchan

“Out with the gherkin, in with the brine” · Past release, no longer on sale
Out with the gherkin, in with the brine - SMWS 149.19Sold outAug 2025
149.19

Out with the gherkin, in with the brine

SMWS regionHighland
Age9 years
ABV61.7%
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 149
DistilleryArdnamurchan
RegionHighland

In short · Ardnamurchan (Highland), 9 years.

“The neat nose was immediately crisp and pure, with vibrant peat smoke, beach pebbles, smoked cereals, mineral salts, smouldering pine wood, and delicate farmyard and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 149.19 is a single cask of Ardnamurchan, in the Highland region, 9 years old, bottled at 61.7%, released in the Aug 2025 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 149.x is from Ardnamurchan.

How the price compares
At £84, this 9-year-old cost less than 8 of the 13 Ardnamurchan bottlings aged 7–10 released 2023–2026 that we hold. They ranged from £75 to £90, with a median of £85.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Ardnamurchan

On the Ardnamurchan peninsula, among the remotest corners of the British mainland, the independent bottler Adelphi built its own distillery in 2014. It runs on hydro power and a biomass boiler fed with timber from the local forest, which also heats its own floor maltings. It makes two West Highland styles side by side, peated and unpeated, both with a salt-and-heather coastal edge. Adelphi's.

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