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1257 Kensington Road NW
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$151.99
Part of a massive 42 bottle collection of whiskies, wherein each release represents a character from Shakespeare's MacBeth.
Mainland malt matured in ex-Laphroaig barrels. Y'all know how good these have been in the past. Won't last long.
Producer Note: “Ardmore, unusually for a Highland distillery, creates a consistently brilliant peated whisky, yet it has often lived in the shadows as a single malt. I am pleased to bring this gem to the stage as one of The Household: for Seyton, beholden to Macbeth, it has been matured in a cask from its intensely smoky Islay cousin, yet retains a fresh, herbaceous quality.”
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 52.5% abv
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Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: farmy, smoky, and coastal with a mushroom earthiness; marzipan, macadamia nut butter, and Marcona almonds; crushed crabapples draining through burlap; lightly salted caramel and lemon zest on shortbread.
Palate: malty, tarry, and honeyed with cooked stone and orchard fruits; still nutty, but also oily, and a little bit medicinal... like Ledaig-light; more crabapples, lemon zest, shortbread, and salted caramel; the farminess is more restrained, though there is a bit of trodden hay and damp burlap; more mushrooms, and sauteed root vegetables.
Finish: warming and earthy with sweet, salty, smoke; a touch buttery with fruity medicinal flourish.
Comment: I am something of a fair-weather fan of Ardmore, but I find much to enjoy in this one; fans of Laphroaig's oft-neglected younger brother though will love this!
Originally written by Evan for a blog post relating to KWM's 2020 Whisky Calendar.
Ardmore distillery was founded in 1898 and was purpose-built to provide whisky for Blending, as pretty much all distilleries were at the time. However with Ardmore that hasn’t changed much – even today just about all of Ardmore’s is still being used for blending, trading stock, or selling.
Only a small portion of Ardmore Single Malt Scotch lands in official bottles released by Ardmore and its parent company Beam Suntory. When it comes to profile and releases, Bowmore and Laphroaig get plenty of attention, being the Islay darlings that they are. Auchentoshan in the Lowlands gets similar treatment. Even Glen Garioch gets more releases, and that is saying something!
One of the reasons Ardmore is the heart of Teacher’s Highland Cream and also sought after by independent bottlers is that just about all of the whisky produced at the distillery is moderately peated. I have only tasted one unpeated Ardmore that I can recall. There is also a lighter peated style that the distillery makes which is sometimes dubbed Ardlair. I suspect some of the Ardmore I have tasted have been this style, which tends to amp up the sweet, creamy and ashy notes of the whisky.
$19507
This is a complete set of Elixir Distillers Macbeth Collection - Act 1. 239 years of liquid history in 7 bottles!
About the Macbeth Collection Act I
"A collection of forty two different whiskies from the length and breadth of Scotlandselected and bottled by Livingstone in partnership with Elixir Distillers,each representing a character from the Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.With illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake, and character notes by Dave Broom.
"WHY MACBETH?: It is the ultimate Scottish family drama; akin to the history of the Scotch whiskyindustry itself. Feuds, triumphs, allegiances and betrayals...The play is full of great characters, perfect to build whisky profiles around.From bright to dark, light to heavy, all Scotch whisky can be represented.There are a fixed number of characters - meaning the series is finite. This is key when creating a meaningful collection."
This set includes one bottle of each of the following:
$209.99
This 12 year old, 2009 vintage Ardmore has been finished in an STR Barrique, before bottling at 60.3%. 88pts Whiskybase
$469.99
Part of a massive 42 bottle collection of whiskies, wherein each release represents a character from Shakespeare's MacBeth. Neat. Unquestionably a difficult set to build (ahem... sell your house to pay for it all?), but we'll be bringing in some of the cooler releases from the run. This is a Cambus matured in refill hogsheads. Only 650 bottles of this one.
Producer Note: "The First Ghost is one of six ghost distillery whiskies in The Ghosts series. “For The Ghosts, the link to silent, ghost distilleries was obvious and the selection of grain whisky offers a delicacy that reinforces the ethereal qualities of these apparitions. This is shown in the First Ghost to be revealed, a Single Grain Scotch Whisky aged 31 years, distilled at Cambus Distillery.”
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 46.2% abv.
$345.99
Part of a massive 42 bottle collection of whiskies, wherein each release represents a character from Shakespeare's MacBeth.
Evan has just announced out of the blue that his favourite Macbeth character is the First Murderer, which even for him is an odd choice. That could only mean that this is a bottle of Ledaig.
This one is bound to be beastly. American Oak Hogsheads should allow the Ledaig-ian character to shine through nicely. 88.41pts on Whiskybase
Producer Note: “The murderers travelled from the outer reaches of Scotland, so we have turned to island whiskies: a Single Malt Scotch whisky aged 18 years distilled on the Isle of Mull for the First Murderer. None of the Murderers (or Witches) are named in the play; we have carried through to the whiskies - no distillery names, just regions, to retain the air of mystery.”
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 50.5% abv.
