Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Ardara Single Malt is produced at The Ardara Distillery, sitting proudly on the town’s Show Field and bordered by the Owentocker River as it flows into Loughros Mor Bay. Built in 2021 this is the inaugural release. The distillery’s beating hearts are the three beautiful copper stills from Forsyth’s of Scotland that stand three storeys high behind the glass curtain wall. The distillery is founded on capturing maximum character from highly peated grain and has an “all-grains in” approach almost unique in Ireland and meaning that the grain stays in the process all the way to the wash still. This makes for distinctive spirits that are soft and smooth, with a fruity, nutty character overlaid with a sweet peat and pipe smoke blanket. But most of all it retains the smokiness in the grain husks all the way to the bottle. TASTING NOTES Traditional mash bill with high phenol content malted barley. Nose: Cereal sweet, biscuity, fresh fruit, raisins, figs, coconut and spice, sweet pipe tobacco, ashy. Taste: Hot beignets, intensely sweet, poached pears, roasted coconut, almond, leather, rolled tobacco, sweet smoke, camp fire, a morning after ashiness and a sweet baked apple finish. ABV: 46%