An Amazingly Good Whisky

Where did you buy it?

Thanks -- Larry

In Austin Texas at the Grape Vine Market.

They have a website,

but I don't believe there are any provisions for ordering over the 'net, because of restrictions on stores in Texas concerning shipping alcohol. There's a pretty panorama of the store, though.

Bart

Thanks. My wife has to give a talk in Austin in about a month, so I'll just hope there's some left. My brother lives in Plano, so I just might tag along...

-- Larry

Larry, Just as an FYI, Plano is part of the Dallas metroplex and is about 200 miles from Austin...

Hi Bart, all,

Welcome to the (small) club of aficionados who like the peachy'n'peaty Signatory Ardmores. One I really liked as well was bottled by Signatory for La Maison du Whisky for Lavinia (yep, complicated) and it was on sale in Paris for... 22 euros instead of 37 earlier this month!

The 21yo OB 'Centenary' bottling is worth trying as well IMHO.

Santé

Serge

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from the un-chillfiltered collection, an Ardmore from 1992 bottled at 11 years. Date of distillation is 25th of February 1992, and the date of bottling is the 6th of June 2003; from cask no 1382.

Mine was distilled on the same blinking day, but bottled the 10th of February 2003, and is from cask #364. It's the best UCF I've bought in. Most of them are wonderfully assertive, though sometimes some subtler flavors don't seem to be able to fight through the 46% bite, but the Ardmore has a distinctive sweet-coal peatiness that is like no other. If you like Laphroaig, then think of Laphroaig with some of the murk removed. If you like Clynelish, then think of Clynelish dragged through the entire swampy, foresty landscape of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and then polished up at the end for show. None of that makes sense, but that just goes to illustrate how unique and enjoyable this Ardmore is.

Serge,

Ardmore 21 Centenary was among the 300 or so bottles (including 27 Ardbegs,

Dreck Gilchrest

Yes, thanks, I know -- I'm down there about six times a year, since my mother's in an assisted living place in Lewisville.

We always use our business trips as an opportunity to visit other places and people relatively nearby. 200 miles is nothing -- sometimes the drive is from Dallas to Colorado Springs. 8;)

-- Larry

Hi Dreck,

Yes, just got Peter's notes from A5. I had it last week as well, and while I wasn't that fond of the 12yo, the 21yo is really great. I had it HtoH with the Glen Garioch 1965/1986 OB - quite the same style, even if the GG is even greater IMHO. The kind of malt that could convince many aficionados that there's not only heavy peat and heavy sherry that count on earth ;-).

Speaking of heavy sherry, they still have a few Glendronach 1968 OB at La Maison du Whisky (if not on their website).

Anyway yes, A6 will be marked in big, bold red on my diary... BtW, are any of you guys flying to Islay this year?

Santé

Serge

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