Review # 91: 1992 Ardmore 18 Year Chieftains

1992 Ardmore 18 Year Chieftains

Ardmore is primarily used in blends, specifically Teacher's Highland Cream. I don't have much info on this bottling but it is clearly ex-bourbon.

Highland - 18 - NCF - NCA- Sample ( I would guess ~ $120 at the local) - 46%

Color - Yellow Gold

Nose - Rich apples, more than apples, this is fruit cocktail they used to serve in elementary school. Honey and mint.

Taste - Cream, spice - like Tom & Jerry seasoning, and sweetness

Finish - Medium - Honey, toffee, and cigar ash- is this peated?

Overall - 7.5 - This was nice and was a very different at each phase. How does it move from a fruit bomb on the nose, the spicy cream, to a seeming classic peated ex-bourbon at the end? This nose was just lovely. Rich fruits laced with honey and mint. The palate was lactic but wasn't enough to turn me off, which lactic often does. I am a big fan of this, well exceeded expectations. Great value fore money on this guy.

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.93

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.58