The Ardmore Distillery, based in the Highlands, was founded by Adam Teacher in 1898/99 and was to be William Teacher & Sons first distillery. However, Adam Teacher died before the construction could be completed on the outskirts of Kennethmont Township.
The location of the Ardmore distillery was selected for its good rail and road links and a nearby barley growing area. Barley and coal were delivered via a direct feeding siding.
The supply of water and peat have also played a major role. Ardmore draws its clean and clear water from about fifteen surrounding springs of Knockandy Hill.
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Meaning of the name |
Big hill |
Whisky region |
Highland |
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Pronunciation |
Ard-moor |
Status |
In operation |
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Owner |
Beam Suntory |
Capacity per year |
5.500.000 Liter |
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Address |
Ardmore Distillery AB54 4NH |
Style of the house |
aromatic, creamy, malty, more / less peaty, long
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Contact |
+44 (0)1464 831213 |
Founding year |
1898/99 |
The distillery was renovated and extended in the 1950s and 1970s, with the old steam engine and its stills fired with coal until 2002. The 8 large, onion-shaped stills (4 wash and spirit stills) in the stillhouse of Ardmore are still standing on the old coal stoves. The combustion bubbles contained up to the conversion to steam heating, still agitators which prevented the burning of the liquid.
In 1976, the company William Teacher & Sons, owned by Allied Distillers Ltd. (later Allied Domecq). Until then, the in-house malt house was in operation and the delivered, heavily peated malt was still stored in their own rooms.
To this day, all the malting needs are milled by the mill, which dates back to the 1930s, and then processed into an old cast-iron mash tun (wort). The resulting mash is fermented in 14 wash backs (vats) of Douglas fir.
The malts, which are intended as single malts, are bottled in ex-bourbon casks and quarter casks (90 liters content). For the blends scheduled as blends, puncheons (new or refill casks from American oak) are used for storage.
Pernod Ricard took over the company Allied Domecq in 2005, but got antitrust problems due to competition reasons. Thus, they sold Ardmore and also the brand "Teacher's << to Beam Inc. (USA), which after the takeover by Suntory (Japan) in 2014, now as >> Beam Suntory << firmieren.
Available from us:
Rarity: Ardmore vintage 1977 Scott's Selection 0,7l
The Ardmore 12 years Port Wood Finish
