{"product_id":"ardmore-15-year-old-2009-bar-exclusive-cut-your-wolf-loose-single-px-hogshead-finish-cask-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2024-70cl","title":"Ardmore 15 Year Old 2009 Bar Exclusive Cut Your Wolf Loose Single PX Hogshead Finish Cask Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArdmore 15 Year Old 2009 Cut Your Wolf Loose Single PX Hogshead Finish Cask Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 250 bottles drawn from a single bourbon cask finished in a PX Hogshead for that extra bit of character without deviating too much from what Ardmore is. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArdmore \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elwa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eys h\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e knack fo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003er balanci\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoke with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e swe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003end\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this one’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eo excepti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Aft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eer a good run \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e r\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eef\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehogshea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ed, we\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eew it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pedr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eiménez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e barrel that thought it could clock off early \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto see what m\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eght happen. T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eurn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eout, even a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etired PX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e cask stil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003el\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e k\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es how\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esweet-talk a High\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eland p\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eter. The result \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003est,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e un\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehurried d\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eram that lets Ardmore’s spirit shi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eough\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eth just a dusting of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e dr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eed fruit and oak pol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eish \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e: Campfire smoke drifting through a bakehouse. Singed sultanas, toasted cereal, and a lick of honey on burnt toast. There’s a faint whiff of old varnish and raisins that fell behind the sofa sometime last Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate\u003c\/strong\u003e:  Sweet, sooty, and slightly mischievous. Think treacle tart made over an open flame, all golden syrup, dark malt, and peppery smoke. The PX pops in briefly with a wave of prune jam before leaving the grown-ups to talk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e: Long, warming, and faintly leathery. The sweetness fades to reveal dry spice, charred oak, and a lingering puff of smoke that sticks around just long enough to say, “that’ll do.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Ardmore\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\"\u003eA large Victorian distillery, Ardmore has a heft and scale which is surprising given its gentle rural surroundings. It is also a rarity in terms of style – a peated Highland malt. For years it was the last distillery to fly this particular flag. It was also the second-last distillery to retain coal fires under its stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe peatiness (it comes across as woodsmoke) is balanced by a gentle apple\/floral lift, the product of a regime which insists on clear wort and very long fermentation in wooden washbacks. The fires which once raged under the stills added a heavy, mid-palate weight, as did the downward facing lyne arms. When the fires came out, the distillery team spent seven months creating new steam coils with kinks in them to replicate the ‘hot spots’ in the stills which had contributed this flavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the steam has come in, an unpeated variant [called Ardlair after a nearby stone circle] has also been made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was in 1898 that Adam Teacher, son of Glasgow blender William Teacher, decided that the family firm needed its own malt whisky distillery. The site he chose, on the outskirts of the village of Kennethmont in rural Aberdeenshire, was on land owned by family friend Col. Leith-Hay [whose seat Leith Hall is open to the public]. It had water, there was a source of peat nearby, and the immediate surroundings grew barley. As significantly, given the vision Teacher had for the site, the railway between Inverness and Aberdeen ran alongside. By putting in a small branch line he could get casks and cow in, and whisky out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArdmore has remained in the Teacher's stable ever since, providing smoke and also top notes to a blend which still sells over a million cases globally (its main markets today are India and Brazil). The original pair of stills were doubled in 1955 and then doubled again in 1974. Two years later, it became part of the Allied Distillers stable – the same year as the distillery’s Saladin maltings stopped. Its stills remained coal-fed until 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Allied was dismembered in 2006, Teacher’s, Ardmore and Laphroaig went to Beam and in 2014 it became part of the new Beam Suntory portfolio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts importance for its blend has meant that Ardmore has never had a presence as single malt. 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