Oct 2026In short · Ardmore (Highland), 9 years, Toasted Oak & Vanilla.
“We found a spritz of huckleberry taffy, with condensed milk, blueberry sauce and apricot on the nose.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 66.264 is a single cask of Ardmore, in the Highland region, 9 years old, bottled at 58.8%, released in the Oct 2026 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 66.x is from Ardmore.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
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.