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SMWS 66.215: Ardmore

“Balsamic Minotaur” · Past release, no longer on sale
Balsamic Minotaur - SMWS 66.215Sold outMar 2022
66.215

Balsamic Minotaur

SMWS regionHighland
Age14 years
ABV59.6%
Outturn256 bottles
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 66
DistilleryArdmore
RegionHighland

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 14 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member A wonderfully dense and thick nose, typical of this notoriously 'farmyard' distillery.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£76.20View on SMWS

SMWS 66.215 is a single cask of Ardmore, in the Highland region, 14 years old, bottled at 59.6%, released in the Mar 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 66.x is from Ardmore.

How the price compares
At £76.20, this 14-year-old cost more than 11 of the 18 Ardmore bottlings aged 12–15 released 2020–2024 that we hold. They ranged from £62 to £98.30, with a median of £74.
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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