Ardmore 2009-2021 | 12 Year Old The Sipping Shed Single Cask 1313BHighland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: The Sipping Shed 70cl 51. 9% A single cask Ardmore 2009 12 year old Highland single malt whisky bottled without colouring or chill filtration in 2021 at cask strength by indie bottlers The Sipping Shed. New kids on the indie bottling block The Sipping Shed have been very careful with this cask of Ardmore 2009 this was the third and final bottling they've had out of it, with only a tiny number of bottles

but it's strongly associated with big sherry casks so it's nice to see a refill hogshead for a change

Distillery / Brand Bruichladdich / The Botanist

the super long ageing has allowed the sherry character and the distillate to marry to astonishing perfection

Country Scotland Region Highland Distilled Year 2012 Bottling Year 2021 Age 8 Cask Number DL14663 Cask Type Refill Hogshead

The packaging again was remarkable

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but in a good way’

allowing a much purer

dry minerality and wonderfully concentrated peat oils

Light notes of freshly cut hay in summer sun

making them almost naked by Glenmorangie standards

making it one of the more popular releases from Macallan in recent times