Comments on: Review: Ardmore 30 year old http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2009/05/26/review-ardmore-30-year-old/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:43:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Barman’s Choice « The Maltbank Herald http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2009/05/26/review-ardmore-30-year-old/#comment-14697 Barman’s Choice « The Maltbank Herald Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:16:49 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/?p=975#comment-14697 [...] 25 eves a duty free shopokban elerheto,mig a 30 eves az amerikai piacon van jelen.(Ardmore 30 yo tasting by John Hansell)Ezenkivul a fuggetlen palackozok.(Ralfy 26.whisky review- egy Signatory kiadas)Toluk ismerem a [...] [...] 25 eves a duty free shopokban elerheto,mig a 30 eves az amerikai piacon van jelen.(Ardmore 30 yo tasting by John Hansell)Ezenkivul a fuggetlen palackozok.(Ralfy 26.whisky review- egy Signatory kiadas)Toluk ismerem a [...]

]]> By: two-bit cowboy http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2009/05/26/review-ardmore-30-year-old/#comment-5551 two-bit cowboy Thu, 28 May 2009 20:09:43 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/?p=975#comment-5551 Thanks, John, for this. I've been looking forward to reading your thoughts since you first said you would receive a sample. Still trying to decide whether I'll add the 30 yo to my collection, but your rating sure helps. Thanks, John, for this. I’ve been looking forward to reading your thoughts since you first said you would receive a sample. Still trying to decide whether I’ll add the 30 yo to my collection, but your rating sure helps.

]]> By: Harvey Fry http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2009/05/26/review-ardmore-30-year-old/#comment-5522 Harvey Fry Tue, 26 May 2009 23:17:16 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/?p=975#comment-5522 i too am very high on Ardmore. in my often adjusted rankings of Scottish distilleries it comes in near the top of the second 10. the 12 & 21 year old Centenary bottlings were quite (my notes= both mid 80s) nice &, back then, outside of an amazingly still available (RMW, 31 GBP, ex-vat.) Gordon & Macphail 16 year old from '91, a 15 + an 18 year old (no vintage) James Macarthur's & a few Cadenhead's from '77, the only way to get to know the make. now, we're much more fortunate. the new Traditional Cask (46.%, unchillfiltered) is reasonably priced/widely distributed & we've had similarly diluted/improved items (Whisky Galore, Murray McDavid & at least 4 Signatory uncf. bottlings from '92, +, etc.). value for money, the Traditional is large! even better, independent cask strength expressions= 3 each from SMWS-A (just for USA), Gordon & Macphail & Signatory + others from Scott Selections, Single Malts of Scotland (TWE) & on & on. also, at their "preferred strength of 50.%", don't forget OMC. my favorite so far is the most recent Society release, their number 66.23= a 21 year old from '85, bottled '07 at 53.9%. i made it a 24-24-23-23= 94. but, maybe the most important thing about this almost isolated eastern distillery is the consistency of the quality of its make. of the dozen or so cask strength independent bottlings of Ardmore in my collection, not a single one of them has ever (in tastings at my house) scored below 84! & of the diluted expressions all have come in above 80. few others have done this well. hopefully, in Omaha this August or in Spokane next January, i'll be able to try the new 30 year old. meanwhile, that much money will buy a lot of very good Ardmores. until i own/have tasted at least ten (5 cask strength) expressions from an open distillery, i usually hold off trying to rank it. i've been lucky enough to come by some 20 Ardmores since the Centenary & almost all of them are/have been as good or (often) better than those (now) hard to find/way too expensive (overpriced) collector's releases. well, as they've said, i'm very much a collector from the bottom up, rather than the top down. about the only significant gap remaining in our Ardmore experience would be nicely filled with a 10 to 18 year old (say 20 or so selected casks expertly vatted by the Teacher's man) cask strength official bottling. better still a 10 & an 18! life is/was good in the whisky boom^ i too am very high on Ardmore. in my often adjusted rankings of Scottish distilleries it comes in near the top of the second 10.

the 12 & 21 year old Centenary bottlings were quite (my notes= both mid 80s) nice &, back then, outside of an amazingly still available (RMW, 31 GBP, ex-vat.) Gordon & Macphail 16 year old from ’91,
a 15 + an 18 year old (no vintage) James Macarthur’s & a few Cadenhead’s from
’77, the only way to get to know the make.

now, we’re much more fortunate. the new
Traditional Cask (46.%, unchillfiltered)
is reasonably priced/widely distributed &
we’ve had similarly diluted/improved items
(Whisky Galore, Murray McDavid & at least
4 Signatory uncf. bottlings from ’92, +, etc.). value for money, the Traditional is large!

even better, independent cask strength expressions= 3 each from SMWS-A (just for USA), Gordon & Macphail & Signatory + others from Scott Selections, Single Malts of Scotland (TWE) & on & on. also, at
their “preferred strength of 50.%”, don’t forget OMC. my favorite so far is the most recent Society release, their number 66.23= a 21 year old from ’85, bottled ’07 at 53.9%. i made it a 24-24-23-23= 94.
but, maybe the most important thing about
this almost isolated eastern distillery
is the consistency of the quality of its
make. of the dozen or so cask strength
independent bottlings of Ardmore in my
collection, not a single one of them has
ever (in tastings at my house) scored below 84! & of the diluted expressions
all have come in above 80. few others
have done this well.

hopefully, in Omaha this August or in
Spokane next January, i’ll be able to try
the new 30 year old. meanwhile, that
much money will buy a lot of very good Ardmores.

until i own/have tasted at least ten (5
cask strength) expressions from an open distillery, i usually hold off trying to
rank it. i’ve been lucky enough to come
by some 20 Ardmores since the Centenary &
almost all of them are/have been as good
or (often) better than those (now) hard
to find/way too expensive (overpriced)
collector’s releases. well, as they’ve
said, i’m very much a collector from the
bottom up, rather than the top down.

about the only significant gap remaining in our Ardmore experience would be nicely filled with a 10 to 18 year old (say 20
or so selected casks expertly vatted by
the Teacher’s man) cask strength official bottling. better still a 10 & an 18!
life is/was good in the whisky boom^

]]> By: John Hansell http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2009/05/26/review-ardmore-30-year-old/#comment-5516 John Hansell Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:43 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/?p=975#comment-5516 I also wanted to note that my favorite Ardmore is the 12 year old bottling released for Ardmore's 100th Anniversary about 10 years ago. If you every see this anywhere, buy it! It's one of my favorite 12 year olds. I also wanted to note that my favorite Ardmore is the 12 year old bottling released for Ardmore’s 100th Anniversary about 10 years ago. If you every see this anywhere, buy it! It’s one of my favorite 12 year olds.

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