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SMWS 66.205: Ardmore

“A slap in the face with a welly boot” · Past release, no longer on sale
A slap in the face with a welly boot - SMWS 66.205Sold outOct 2021
66.205

A slap in the face with a welly boot

SMWS regionHighland
Age12 years
ABV59.4%
Outturn231 bottles
CaskRefill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 66
DistilleryArdmore
RegionHighland

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“Limited to 1 per member The panel went crazy describing the nose – ‘wood fire, ash and embers’, ‘shucking oysters wearing waterproof waders’, ‘putting up telephone poles…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£62View on SMWS

SMWS 66.205 is a single cask of Ardmore, in the Highland region, 12 years old, bottled at 59.4%, released in the Oct 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 66.x is from Ardmore.

How the price compares
At £62, this 12-year-old cost less than 11 of the 14 Ardmore bottlings aged 11–14 released 2020–2023 that we hold. They ranged from £58 to £83.80, with a median of £67.
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 Ardmore

In Kennethmont, deep in Aberdeenshire farmland, Ardmore was built in 1898 by Adam Teacher to feed his family's blend, and it is still the heart of Teacher's Highland Cream. It is the mainland's quiet exception: a peated Highland malt, earthy and smoky far from any island shore. Its stills were fired by coal until 2001, and something of that old furnace warmth lingers. Suntory's.

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