Sep 2026In short · Ardnamurchan (Highland), 8 years, Coastal & Maritime.
“On the nose, flakes of crystal salt flickered atop a cream cheese bagel, with pancetta, cracked black pepper and a sprinkling of popcorn tossed in olive oil and crispy…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 149.27 is a single cask of Ardnamurchan, in the Highland region, 8 years old, bottled at 60.5%, released in the Sep 2026 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 149.x is from Ardnamurchan.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
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.