AD/ SINGLE CASK
Ardnamurchan operates differently than many distilleries when it comes to blending. Rather than having a “Master Blender”, we have a six-person blending team that decides collectively on every drop that we put into a bottle to send around the globe.
When the blending team noses a sample of a particularly characterful cask, we sometimes will pull the cask aside and designate it as worthy of a single cask bottling. We package dozens of these single cask bottlings every year, entirely matured in one cask and typically bottled at natural cask strength, thereby hearkening back to our Adelphi roots as a single-cask, cask-strength bottler.
Although every cask’s whisky will be unique, each will retain distinct traits of AD single malt whisky. The opaque slate blue bottle which denotes a single cask offers a subtle homage to the Ardnamurchan peninsula, emulating the similar colour of the volcanic rock surrounding the distillery.
We offer these special bottlings to countries, regions, supply chain partners, or whisky clubs that have proven themselves particularly committed to spreading the word of Ardnamurchan whisky through sales of our core range.
MACLEAN'S NOSE
Maclean’s Nose is our traditional blended scotch whisky, with some modern twists, and takes its name both from the Maclean’s Nose landmark on the Ardnamurchan peninsula and from the whisky legend Charles Maclean, who has acted as a guide and mentor to us over the years.
Maclean’s Nose has a high malt content of 70% and a significant presence of ex-sherry casks, which imparts a rich depth of flavour. Expect the delightful interplay of burnt citrus peel, invigorating sea salt, indulgent white chocolate and the smoky essence of a bonfire by the beach. As with our single malts, our Maclean’s Nose blended whisky is unchill filtered and of natural colour.
ABV: 46%
STOCKISTS
Our whiskies are stocked far and wide: You can find us in over 140 retailers throughout the UK, and over 40 export markets worldwide. There is also an ever-growing list of bars and restaurants where you can enjoy an Ardnamurchan dram.
And of course, our Visitor Centre stocks our full range plus some interesting rare treats…
We are using blockchain technology to store the production information about each and every bottle we make. Some of this information can be accessed by scanning the QR code on the back of your bottle of AD Whisky. You will learn everything about its provenance, from barley to bottle, full transparency.