One of the final casks to be released from 2015 as a single cask. This bottling was picked for Australia to champion the peated side of Ardnmamurchan, and it does so with that classic Vanilla custard-y mouthfeel that we loved so much from our own single cask. The smoke on the back of the palate is tempered, coating the tongue with that signature highland peat oiliness.
Only 256 bottles in this batch. 57.3% ABV
Selected EXCLUSIVELY for Australia, Cask 778 is a peated first fill American Oak ex-bourbon barrel.
Official Tasting Notes:
Nose: Very bright and vibrant. Lemon meringue pie, coastal breeze and soft caramel.
Palate: Vanilla ice cream, saltwater taffy and beach bonfire smoke.
As with all the releases from the distillery, a QR code on the label gives you access to as much information on the production as possible. — Founder, Alex Bruce described the whisky made at Ardnamurchan as being of its environment. “We chose Arndamurchan, this remote, rugged, highland, west coastal peninsula, we chose it to build a distillery, not because it would be impossible to get to and all that sort of stuff, but most importantly we chose it because of the climate and what it is and what it can do to whisky.”
“We’ve built a distillery, we’re trying to make the best possible spirit that we can but everything else we’re handing over to the environment. If I was to copy and paste Ardnamurchan somewhere else in Scotland or somewhere else in the world, you would get a very different whisky. The profile that we are naturally getting out there is a very maritime, very coastal profile.”
