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SMWS 149.2: Ardnamurchan

“Peaty peninsula” · Past release, no longer on sale
Peaty peninsula - SMWS 149.2Sold outJun 2021
149.2

Peaty peninsula

SMWS regionHighland
Age5 years
ABV60.7%
Outturn663 bottles
Cask1st fill American oak, ex-oloroso butt
Spirit—
Distillery from SMWS code 149
DistilleryArdnamurchan
RegionHighland

In short · Ardnamurchan (Highland), 5 years.

“Limited to 1 per member We were instantly transported to a remote church on the west coast of Scotland as guests at a wedding.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 149.2 is a single cask of Ardnamurchan, in the Highland region, 5 years old, bottled at 60.7%, released in the Jun 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 149.x is from Ardnamurchan.

How the price compares
At £65, this 5-year-old cost less than 2 of the 3 Ardnamurchan bottlings aged 5–7 released 2021–2023 that we hold. They ranged from £65 to £85, with a median of £78.
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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