The Ardmore distillery is located south of Huntley in Kennethmont directly on the railway line from Aberdeen to Inverness and is sometimes still counted as part of Speyside, but sometimes already as part of the Eastern Highlands. It was founded & built in 1898 by Adam Teacher. It had a comparatively quiet history and remained in the ownership of its founders for a long time. Since 1974 it has had 8 stills, was taken over by Pernod Ricard in 2005 and had to be sold again due to antitrust issues, so that it now belongs to the Beam Suntory group.

Today’s Ardmore distillery has no relation to the Ardmore distillery, which existed on Islay from 1817 to 1938. Ardmore’s basic still is characterised by a pleasant, finely integrated smoke with often integrated citrus notes. With a total of 8 stills, about 5,200,000 million litres of alcohol are produced per year. In addition, different styles are possible. For example, the distillery’s unpeated malt is called Ardlair.

Ardmore itself has only a few of its own bottlings in its portfolio, including the Ardmore Legacy or the 12 Year Port Wood Finish. It is not uncommon to find independently bottled Ardmores on the market. In addition, part of the production goes into making the “Teacher’s Highland Cream” blend.