I think it'll be a hit with anyone who likes the punchy quality releases we've had from the likes of Ardnamurchan and Raasay. Ardnahoe appears to have a very bright future. Cheers Geoff 🥃

Awkward, me and @Gwhisky had minor handbags last week, then we kissed and made up, and here we are… I’ve stopped buying young spirit for the time being but this impressed me, love to you both

Oh I hope I can get a bottle!! :-)

It is an excellent inaugural dram! Cheers Sandro 🥃

I've been really enjoying mine. Hope you do too 🥃

Ah Smoky Scot. I love that stuff. Pure peat power. I'd say this Ardnahoe is closer to Wee Beastie and would hold its own pretty well. Cheers 🥃

Hope you're having a great time at Feis 🥃 I'm not at all surprised that their new make is fruity and sweet. I bet its delicious and I'd buy a bottle if I had the chance. You can really tell that they're doing everything properly from the start. That depth of flavour is going to be fantastic after 10yrs and even better after 20! Hopefully we can still afford whisky of that age in 2039 😅 Agree that Bowmore can be so, so good. I'm repeatedly blown away by their older, better presented expressions... and then don't buy a bottle because they overprice the hell out of it...

It's a very, very nice touch that we have an inaugural release with good availability. Pretty unusual these days! I do also think it's better than the Wee Beastie! It's a very well thought out and well made whisky. Hope you enjoy it too. Cheers 🥃

Agreed. It's a step above most 5yo whiskies. Even the good ones. Thank you Duncs 🥃

I'm more of an Ardbeg 10 guy but I would already rate this higher than Wee Beastie. Very strong start!

Bowmore fans must be the most neglected of enthusiasts. They get even less love from their distillery than Highland Park fans! Which is bizarre... Bowmore is the oldest distillery in the most prestigious whisky region. They go to the hassle of operating their own floor maltings. Yet they refuse to offer well presented whisky. I don't get it. If you try some of their older, cask strength stuff though it can be sublime. Far too expensive though. Frustrating!

He is rather good company 🙂😅 the good news is that it looks like they produced many thousands of bottles of this so hopefully it stands a good chance of getting to you. Keeping my fingers crossed for you 🥃

Absolutely! Cheers 🥃

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I think you're probably right that it's meant to be Ardnahoe Loch. Good spot 👍

Here's hoping it makes its way to you soon! 🥃

I think that would make sense. £70 is a lot even for a very high quality 5yo. We will see!

I didn't say it because it seems a bit click baity... but the phrase "Ardnamurchan of Islay" did come to mind. Very pleased about the commitment to quality from both. Cheers 🥃

It's one to watch for sure 🥃

Hope it makes its way to you soon! Cheers 🥃

You're welcome! Thanks for watching 🥃

I was very impressed 🙂 Cheers 🥃

Out of all of the recent new distilleries this one stands a good chance of reaching you 🤞 I can't remember the last time an inaugural release was still in stock three weeks later! And this is Islay too! Thanks for watching and cheers 🥃

@@WhiskyLock I am hopeful!

Sadly my bottle of Wee Beastie is long gone but my vote goes to Ardnahoe. It seems the more interesting and intense dram 👍

I love Bowmore but I'm massively disappointed by their offer.

Bowmore are one of those distilleries IMHO who can make incredible whisky... but self sabotage at every opportunity. Its bizarre that they have their own floor maltings and they're the oldest distillery in what is probably the most prestigious region and rarely even bottle at 46% 🤯

@@WhiskyLock Yeah I totally understand what you're saying but of course when I say I like Bowmore I mean some of the Feis releases and of course the Devil's Cask ones. Maybe the drop in sales will push them to be better. Let's see!

@@thewhiskyenthusiast I don't see that happening my friend. Beam/Suntory aren't on that wavelength at all. Let's face it, they've been perfectly happy to destroy the reputation of Bowmore. Bowmore and Ben Nevis were a good acquisition for them so they could sell it as Japanese whisky. Those Devil's Cask releases were a con too. They were completely coloured to pretend a sherry maturation and hugely overpriced.

@@welshtoro3256 ah man really!!! I didn't know about the massive colourings 😮It's been long since I had any but I remember trying them with high abv and so much sherry and falling in love with them. Maybe if I try them now I won't be as blown away.

I considered it for quite a while! But probably not. I simply have too many other things in the review queue at the moment but being Ardnamurchan I'm sure it'll be good. Cheers 🥃

Thanks Christine 🙂 all good over here thank you. Hopefully you'll see this one soon. Honestly, I try my hardest not to buy backups of anything these days because I'm always aiming to try something new that I can review. But the quality of this one is high enough to get me to consider it. Cheers 🥃

@@WhiskyLock I can't wait to get my hands on some Shane! It's awesome that it's so good that you want a back up bottle! That says a lot! Cheers! 🙂

Scandalous!! I love it 😌 I'd be very surprised if anyone was silly enough to put anything that could be interpreted as colouring free on a label and then use e150a... the SWA do take a very dim view of anything that intentionally misleads or could stain the reputation (hoho) of Scotch. But can we be sure? I don't know! Great question and I'll do some digging. If that kind of dishonesty is afoot though then I don't think we can trust any such statement on a label. I can imagine ways to achieve "no colouring added" while still using e150a after all... ex-e150a cask finish anyone? 🤔 This is exactly the kind of shenanigans we need the SWA to prevent. As for this Ardnahoe. Having the whisky in front of me; I think it's possible that it's come out this colour if a high percentage of the vatting has spent 5yrs in first fill Oloroso... but yes, it's on the dark end of what you'd expect. Great question. Cheers John 🥃

@@WhiskyLock their label made for great fodder in our whisky group… coming to no solid conclusions just speculation

@siddfinch6296 indeed Sidd! You rubbed off on me😅😇🧐

Honestly I'm not sure but I guess it would make sense for him to be on his way. They're up and running now and he was already retired when he agreed to help Ardnahoe. Hope you manage to find a bottle soon 🥃

Absolutely! Not everything needs to be 18yo. This is the epitome of a young, high quality malt 👍