Ardently Ardmore

In a fine single malt scotch whiskey, the Color is what you notice first. Even from across the room you can see the burnished gold of the Ardmore Traditional Cask Scotch gleaming in the cut crystal glass. Next to consider is the Nose. The aroma is full-bodied and smooth with underlying complexity of the Highland peated malt—earth but not overpowering. The taste fulfills the promise of the other senses. Full-rich flavors fill the mouth with a  creamy peat tang and a kiss of the softness of vanilla….full, succulent and long. The Traditional Cask Scotch from the Highlands of Scotland is lovingly created by the Ardmore Distillery in the Highlands of Scotland. Ardmore has  been distilling the finest highland malt whisky since 1898.

Visit their site for a journey back in time and into a present that respects the proven methods of the past. “We insist that all Ardmore expressions use the aromatic smoke from natural, highland peat fires to dry our barley. We are now the only Highland distillery that insists on fully peating our standard malt and we will never change. The fermentation vessels we use are crafted from Oregon pine. It is true that they are more labour intensive but they impart a flavour that stainless steel vessels (now widely used) can never give.”

“Our traditional methods also extend to maturation. Traditional cask is double fermented first in the usual oak casks but then a second time in much smaller hand crafted “Quarter Casks” they were common a hundred years ago but have been largely ignored due to their high cost of construction. This intense secondary maturation gives the deeper smother flavour our whisky is renowned for.”
http://www.ardmorewhisky.com/en/index.aspx
  
Ardmore has won many Gold medals, including one double gold medal, three gold medals, one silver medal and a best-in-class (at the prestigious IWSC).
And Ardmore is giving back. They sponsor the RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) efforts to reintroduce the East Coast Sea Eagle, helping to finance a project that will release 15 wild, Norwegian Sea Eagles back into a natural habitat which they inhabited until persecuted to extinction in the 1800’s. The White-Tailed Sea Eagle is Europe’s largest bird of prey.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/projects/eastscotlandeagles/index.asp

These singular single malt Scotch Whiskys have a taste that is  complex and multi-layered. Enjoy the warmth and flavor, but do so conscientiously. Always drink, and serve drinks, responsibly.