Ardmore

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Founded

1898

Region

Highland

Status

Operational

Company

Suntory Holdings

Production type

Single Malt

Production capacity

4,725,000 litres per year

Ardmore is a malt whisky distillery located in the Highland region of Scotland. It was built by Adam Teacher at the end of the 19th century in order to service the blending needs of his family company, Wm. Teacher & Sons.

Today the distillery is part of the portfolio of Japanese multinational, Suntory Holdings, and is a rarity in its region for its production of peated single malt.

Although some rare examples of Ardmore single malt were bottled for the directors of Wm. Teacher & Sons in the 1970s and 1980s, its primary objective has always been the provision of the Teacher's Highland Cream blend, to which it is still synonymous today.

Despite this, an Ardmore brand was finally debuted when the distillery was bought by Beam Global in 2006 with the company releasing the Traditional Cask (now simply Tradition) as its proprietary expression. The range expanded under Beam Suntory however it remains small, limited to a handful of core range expressions divided between the global and travel retail markets.

Current owner

Suntory Global Spirits

2014-present

2011-2014

2006-2011

2005-2006

1994-2005

1976-1994

1898-1976

Ardmore Distillery
Kennethmont
Huntly
AB54 4NH
Scotland

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1898

1955

1974

1976

2001

1994

2005

2006

2011

2014

Adam Teacher begins construction of Ardmore distillery for family blending company, William Teacher & Sons.

Stills are increased from two to four.

Still are increased from four to eight.

Allied Lyons acquire William Teacher & Sons.

Saladin maltings are decomissioned.

Switch is made from direct-firing to steam-heating stills.

Pedro Domecq formed by merger of Allied Lyons with Pedro Domecq.

Pernod Ricard acquires Allied Domecq.

Ardmore is sold to Fortune Brands.

Spirits interests of Fortune Brands are hived off into separate new company called Beam, Inc.

Beam, Inc. is acquired by Suntory Holdings and is renamed Beam Suntory.

Ardmore

Single Malt

Ardmore Old Highland Cream 24 Year Old

Wm. Teacher & Sons

This incredible bottle of Ardmore single malt was given as gifts for and from the directors of Wm. Teacher & Sons for Christmas 1950. Although there is no mention of Ardmore on the label, whisky writer Emmanuel Dron had it confirmed at the distillery in 2013 that this is indeed a single malt bottling. He was also lucky enough to sample the dram.

Ardmore 25 Year Old

Distillery Bottling

A mildly-peated, non-chill-filtered Highland single malt whisky. Aged 25-years, it was double cask-matured, initially in ex-bourbon barrels and then in quarter casks which due to their very small size allow greater contact with the wood, thus enhancing maturation.

Ardmore 1986 100th Anniversary 12 Year Old

Wm. Teacher & Sons

Ardmore 'Auchterturra' 1969 Pure Highland Malt

The Auchterturra 1969 Pure Highland Malt

Wm. Teacher & Sons

An unusual old Highland malt whisky, produced by Wm. Teacher & Sons especially for the celebrated Scottish review comedy act, "Scotland the What?" which ran from 1969 to 1995.

Set in the fictional Aberdeenshire village of Auchterturra, the malt has been sourced from the ostensibly neighbouring, non-fictional village of Rhynie - home to Ardmore distillery...

Ardmore 1996 20 Year Old

Distillery Bottling

A single vintage bottling of Ardmore and a marriage of first-fill bourbon and ex-Islay cask matured whisky.

A former core range expression from Ardmore, Traditional cask was a vatting of bourbon cask-aged whiskies, finished in quarter casks. It was replaced by Legacy following a rebranding in 2014.

Ardmore Tradition

Distillery Bottling

Ardmore Tradition was introduced in 2015 as a revival of the disconinued Traditional Cask, now a peated single malt aged in bourbon and quarter casks and exclusive to travel retail.

It was rebranded as Tradtional Peated and rereleased with a lower ABV in 2018.

Ardmore Traditional Cask

Distillery Bottling

A former core range expression from Ardmore, Traditional cask was a vatting of bourbon cask-aged whiskies, finished in quarter casks. It was replaced by Legacy following a rebranding in 2014.

Ardmore 2005 SMWS 10 Year Old 66.86 - Dancing round the campfire

Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Ardmore 15 Year Old

Wm. Teacher & Sons

This is a rare bottling from the 1980s, produced for the directors of Wm. Teacher & Sons (by this time part of Allied Distillers). This and its 16-year-old counterpart from the 1970s are rarely seen and incredibly sought-after.

Ardmore Traditional Cask

Distillery Bottling

A former core range expression from Ardmore, Traditional cask was a vatting of bourbon cask-aged whiskies, finished in quarter casks. It was replaced by Legacy following a rebranding in 2014.

Ardmore Port Wood Finish 12 Year Old

Distillery Bottling

Ardmore Legacy Gift Pack

Distillery Bottling

Ardmore Legacy

Distillery Bottling

The Ardmore Legacy replaced the Traditional in the distillery core range in 2014. It is produced using a mixture of malt that is 80% peated and 20% non-peated.

Ardmore Triple Wood

Distillery Bottling

Released to travel retail in 2015, this whisky is triple cask-matured in American oak barrels, quarter casks and puncheons.

Ardmore Traditional Peated

Distillery Bottling

Ardmore Traditional Peated was released in 2018 to replace the similarly-named Tradition. A whisky finished in quarter casks, this has a lower ABV than its predecessor and is exclusive to travel retail.