Ardmore 2009 14 Year Old, Finn Thomson Cask #1347

This cask of Ardmore is a throwback to Finn Thomsons first ever whisky ’lesson’. As he began to develop more interest in the family story, his Grandfather Michael organised a trip to Speyside to visit some of their casks.

Wanting to ensure that his grandson would not embarrass the Thomson name in front of his industry colleagues, he conducted a mini tasting the night before their meetings to go over the basics of Scotch whisky. He brought 3 bottles along - single malts from Speyside and Islay and a blend - so that he could breakdown the differences between them. The blend he chose was Teacher’s as it was one of the most popular whiskies from his time as a wholesaler at Peter Thomson’s.

Ardmore Distillery has been the backbone of Teacher’s for many a year giving the peaty character that made it so popular in the 1980s. As a single malt, Ardmore offers a unique style of smokiness that is far apart from the better known Islay styles. A building up of smoke combines with a creamy texture and soft fruit notes of banana, melon and peaches.

This is a whisky that is a delight to showcase as a single cask release, and it offers a good reminder as to why the blends of my Grandfather’s era were held in such high regard.

Distilled: 04/06/2009
Bottled: 25/09/2023
Cask no: 2409
Cask: Bourbon Barrel
One of only 193 bottles produced
Natural colour and non chill filtered