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Ardmore 2011 van Wees Ardmore 25yo Thompson Bros

Ardlair 2011 vanWees / Ardmore 25yo Thompson

Coldorak / 11th August 2025

We review two indy bottlings from Ardmore: the unpeated Ardlair 2011 van Wees and the peated Ardmore 25-year-old Thompson Bros.

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