Ardmore: every past SMWS bottling

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 8 years, Toasted Oak & Vanilla.

“On the nose, orange groves and bales of straw were outgunned by the sweetness of lemon drizzle cake, blueberry muffins and banana chips.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 27 years.

“Made in 1998, it’s waited long enough.  After 28 painful years away from football’s greatest stage, Scotland are back!  Since the time we were in France taking on…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 27 years.

“After 24 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we decanted this into a second fill 300-litre ex-cabernet sauvignon cask.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 26 years.

“Heather honey and rosemary-infused olive oil melded seamlessly with the toasty aroma of fermenting beer, creating a fragrant ointment to be drizzled over fresh kelp.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 26 years.

“The Story    The Peat Plants Collection  is the first quartet in The Creators Collection.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“The nose was a laurel wreath on which gentle peat smoke was intertwined with butterscotch and malt extract.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 25 years.

“Wisps of applewood smoke danced over savoury notes of olives in brine, cured game meat and fennel seeds.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 25 years.

“Up on a forested hillside by a freshly painted gate we were taking a break after a very wet ascent through peatbogs.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“The very pale colour stopped us short to wonder whether this sample had ever been in a cask.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“Well, the colour already prepared us for what one can only call a spirit-driven dram.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 25 years.

“The Panel were greeted by a delightful, gentle, sweet wood smoke – possibly a couple of burning magnolia trees in full bloom – plus the scent of a chamomile lawn crushed…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 15 years.

“After 12 years in ex-bourbon wood, we introduced this to a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 15 years.

“Smouldering heather on a beach bonfire created a seductive smog like treacle over hot chimney soot.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 32 years.

“Sticky heather honey and sauternes dessert wine were the base into which we blended tobacco leaves, sandalwood shavings and a trickle of pine sap.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 15 years.

“The generous and vibrant nose brimmed with smoked honey, hessian, sacks of freshly malted barley, malt extract and milky darjeeling tea.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 25 years.

“We found a wonderfully gentle and elegant nose that presented smoked honey, rock salt and gorgeous layers of delicate, herbal-tinged peat smoke.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 24 years.

“The nose offered light chalky smoke and teasing suggestions of hessian, heather, tea tree, pine and sage, candied pineapple and perfumed cigarettes.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 24 years.

“The initial nose brimmed with smoked honey, ginger wine, threads of gentle peat smoke, olive oil, earthy aged black tea and dried orange peel.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 24 years.

“We barbequed beef and fruit skewers – cubes of sirloin marinated in a mixture of orange peel, cilantro and smoked paprika alongside watermelon, peaches and mango.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 13 years.

“There was immediately a coastal vibe on the neat nose with aromas of a surf 'n' turf – in this case a rosemary-flavoured filet mignon steak with broiled lobster tails.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 24 years.

“Imagine warm, comfortable handknit mohair slippers, a pipe and a leather-bound book next to an open fire - a cliché you might say but if that is the case, why not write…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 9 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member Refined aromas gathered heather, orange blossom and croissants around burning gorse, bacon-flavoured crisps and salted ham served with…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 13 years.

“Here we go, the American disco act Lipps Inc.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 14 years.

“Two forces collide here: the rugged distillate with the richly fruited sherry.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 14 years.

“After 12 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a first-fill American oak PX hogshead.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 14 years.

“After 12 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a first-fill American oak PX hogshead.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 23 years.

“Limited to 1 per member We nosed clean, tantalising wood smoke and honey, ice-cream in a garden and paella or Sunday roast savouriness.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“The nose was typical of this make and suggested oily sheep wool infused with sea kelp.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

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

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“Straight away on the nose the panel noted smoked trout and smoked venison!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“An enigma teasingly wrapped in smoke; the nose offered roasted parsnips and smoked venison, smoky blue cheese and pears poached in that ‘love it or hate it’ Islay…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

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

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 23 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member Fragrant smoke on the nose recalled leafy bonfires and humidors; in addition, dark honey and Moffat toffee sweetness, prawn spring rolls…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 23 years.

“Limited to 1 per member Where should we start; peat, soot and tar or a smoked herbal Martini cocktail or smoked blood orange, or treacle tart – certainly on the ‘dark…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 23 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member A fabulously rich nose – molasses, toffee apples and Halloween treacle scones; raisiny sherry wine, leather and polished oak…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member The Panel noted pork and lamb kebabs and suggested they might have been prepared by someone in full surgical scrubs!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 11 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member Step inside my humble farm shack, here in the isolated Highlands.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 13 years.

“Bottle limited to 2 per member A comforting German dish, Rinderrouladen (beef olives) came to the mind of one of the panellists - thin slices of beef stuffed with a…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 13 years.

“This bottling is limited to 2 per member “There is a rosebush in full bloom on fire”, or “is someone burning incense sticks of camphor, tar or blackcurrant?” It…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 11 years.

“A rich gravy of malt extract and beef stock bonded sticky barbecued ribs to scorched seafood while a thick layer of cocoa powder became fused to a pine tree by a…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 13 years.

“We found peat smoke, Germolene and garden bonfires, but vanilla ice-cream, white chocolate and blancmange sweetness danced centre-stage.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 9 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member At first nosing we detected seawater, sharp medicines, grapefruit and green olives in pickling brine, plus some heady freshness of ozone,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 14 years.

“Farmyard and seashore collide with the wreckage bursting from the glass!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 14 years.

“It's the story of a polished mahogany table, bearing rum and raisin chocolate, cortado coffee and ginger beer.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“The nose neat was all over the place; sweet cured smoked bacon, medicinal mouth wash, burning a frankincense and myrrh scented candle as well as damp hay and a whiff of…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 12 years.

“It’s all rather apocalyptic at first with these big, ashy, charred wood notes alongside seaweed and abandoned barns and hay lofts.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ardmore (Highland), 22 years.

“Bottle limited to 1 per member The first thing to notice was the colour – non-existent, but then do not judge the book by its cover!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS