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Ardnamurchan The Midgie 48% Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl
Whisky-making is a serious business, but Ardnamurchan does like to embrace the fun side, too.
Based in the rural Western Highlands as they are, they thought it was only right to celebrate the abundant, spectacular wildlife surrounding their distillery. Having considered the animals that best represent the peninsula, they could come up with no better candidate than the midge, especially at this time of year!
The whisky itself is no joke, though. It has a complex, multi-faceted recipe combining peated and unpeated spirits matured in 50% ex-American bourbon barrels, 48% Port Barriques and 2% Sherry casks. It's a split of 75% unpeated spirit and 25% peated. Bottled at 48%, this is a bright, layered dram, perfect for enjoying in the summer as you seek refuge from the hordes of insects!
Ardnamurchan's "The Midgie" has been crafted in collaboration with Smidge to honour Scotland’s most infamous creature: the Highland Midge.
No added colour and non-chill filtered.
70cl
ABV 48%
Net weight: 1.7kg
Tasting Notes
Nose: Gammon ham with torched pineapple, prunes dipped in salt. Strawberry jam on a salty cracker, almond oil, coconut macaroon, spearmint.
Palate: Salt-baked pear, meadowsweet, wildflowers, lemon thyme. Sultanas, cherrywood embers, cocoa powder, pink peppercorns.
Finish: A gentle puff of enticing, buoyant smoke. Himalayan pink salt, red currant cordial. A constant mingling of sweet and salty. Dry, lengthy finish.
Ardnamurchan Distillery
The Ardnamurchan Distillery opened in July 2014 to begin the process of producing what has certainly become world-class single malts.
Ardnamurchan Managing Director Alex Bruce said, “When we filled the first spirit into casks, the concept of being able to disgorge those casks into bottles seemed very distant. However, we have had an incredible journey, building our 100% local team, filling the warehouses with over 10,000 casks and preparing national and international distribution. We relied on the unique local maturation climate to do the rest, and are really excited by the quality and consistency that has been reached.”
Uniquely in the whisky industry, all the power and heat requirements for the distillery come from local renewables. The river that provides the distillery's cooling water has a hydro-electricity generator and the biomass boiler is fuelled by woodchip from local forestry.
