The Ardmore distillery is a single-malt scotch whisky distillery that was founded by Adam Teacher in 1898.
Ardmore distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery, located in the village of Kennethmont, Scotland.
Location: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Founded: 1898
Status: Active
Distillery Output: 5,200,000l
There are a lot of independent bottlings of the Ardmore distillery, but the main production goes into the Blend Whisky industry.
About
Ardmore distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery, located in the village of Kennethmont, Scotland. The distillery was founded in 1898 by Adam Teacher near the town of Kennethmont. The distillery is now owned and operated by Beam Suntory, an American subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan.
Ardmore started with two stills and 60 years later, doubled to four stills, and then again doubled to 8 stills in 1975, with 4 wash stills and 4 spirit stills, each holding 15,000 litres in capacity.
In 1976, the malting floors were closed and Ardmore had to buy their malt at the big malting factories. Some of the warehouses at Ardmore were created from former malting floors. At Ardmore, they opt for casks that are primarily ex-bourbon with a quarter cask to finish.
Ardmore Traditional Cask was the distillery's single malt. It was bottled at 46% ABV, in bottles embossed with an image of a golden eagle. Unlike many single malts, barrier filtering, rather than chill filtering was used.
Ardmore Traditional Cask was superseded by Ardmore Legacy in 2014, with ABV reduced to 40% and chill filtration used. This was a slightly controversial move, as many whisky enthusiasts prefer barrier-only filtration and the higher ABV, both of which help to preserve more of the malt's character and flavour. Ardmore Traditional Cask was re-launched in early 2015 as Ardmore Tradition at 46% ABV, and is now barrier filtered again. Also released since 2015 are Triple Wood and Port Wood expressions, both bottled at 46% ABV and barrier filtered only.
Ardmore has six distillery-bottled whiskies:
- Ardmore Traditional (Discontinued from mass market on 2014 and repackaged as travel retail)
- Ardmore Legacy (No Age Statement)
- Ardmore Tradition (No Age Statement - Travel Retail Exclusive)
- Ardmore Triple Wood (No Age Statement)
- Ardmore Port Wood Finish (12 Years Old)
- Ardmore 25 years old
