Side by side: An Ardmore flight

I've written before about how good Ardmore's spirit is, especially from Indie bottlers - here I try 10 side by side.

Let's see what they are like!

Elements of Islay - Core Trilogy

If you haven't come across @ElementsOfIslay 50cl 'chemistry' bottles before you've missed a treat! Rather than distillery names they use chemical symbols!

They have now introduced a core range of blended malts - let's find out more:

Virtual tasting: Elixir Tasting with BCWS

The Black Country Whisky Society are a small group with big ideas from Greater Birmingham. They've been going for around 18 months and successfully held a number of tastings before Covid-19 put a stop to meeting together. So like most groups they went virtual.

Their tasting are sometimes opened to non-members and I was lucky enough to get a place on one from Elixir Distillers.

Side by side : Independent Caol Ila

Caol Ila is Diageo's mega distillery on Islay, it's capable of producing in excess of 7 million litres of whisky a year! Some of it is bottled as a single malt, some goes into blends and some casks find their way into the hands of independent bottlers.

What I have here are 4 independent bottlings, lets see how they compare.