This is Whisky Sponge Equilibrium III, a 22 Year old, multi-vintage single malt designed to showcase a balanced sherry and peat malt whisky profile. As with previous bottlings in this series, we’ve taken a slightly different approach to achieve that end.
For this final bottling in the Equilibrium series, we took a refill matured 1997 and sherry finished 2000, medium peated highland malt and married them together in a 2nd fill sherry hogshead. That mix was then bottled as this 22 year old with a few degrees reduction at 53%.
The result is the softest of the three Equilibrium bottlings in terms of peat level, and probably the richest in terms of sherry character. But overall, this is a wonderful, complex and beautifully quaffable sherry and peat influenced dram, one where age and time have also worked some pretty delicious tricks...
It tastes like spooning a kipper inside a grandfather clock full of expensive cigars.
Distillery - Ardmore
Bottling series - Whisky Sponge - Equilibrium III
Vintage - 1997 / 2000
Bottled - 2024
Stated Age - 22 years
Cask Type - Sherry Finished / 2nd Fill Sherry Hogshead
Strength - 53.0 %
Size - 700 ml
Label - A Balance Of Sherry And Peat
