There Was A Time You Could Spot A Distillery By The Smoke Belching From Its Chimney. Now, Most Chimneys Have Been Demolished As Distilleries Have Switched From Coal To Steam. Hughes Recalls As A Child Watching Glen Garioch's Chimneys Being Demolished Brick-by-brick By A Glaswegian Steeple Jack. He Came Up The Road, Bouncing Off The Walls I Had So Much To Drink,' Fraser Recalls. The Manager Said To Him: "Surely Mot Going Up There Drunk?" He Replied: I Think I'd Climb That If I Was Sober? Thankfully, The Steeplejack's Services Have Never Been Required At Ardmore, Where The Coal Fires Have Been Kept Burning. It Is A Site, Built By Adam Teacher To Provide Fillings For His Blend. 'Teacher Got Off The Train Here When He Came To Visit Colonel Leith-hay At Leith Hall,' Says Ronnie .Ardmore's Brewer. 'He Wanted To Build A Distillery And The Colonel Pointed Out There Was Water And A Rail Link Here, One Presumes The Fact That The Colonel Owned Huge Tracts Of Prime Barley-growing Country Didn't Enter Into The Equation. :TASTING NOTES Ardmore 1981 Gordon Macphail Bottling. Robust Nose, With Smoke, Dried Fruit And Some Cream. The Palate Is Richly Layered With Smoke, Malt And A Teasingly Spicy Finish. '' For Reasons Best Known To Themselves Allied Domecq Has Yet To Bottle Ardmore As A Single Malt- Though Rumours Of A Policy Change Persist. Thankfully, The Independent Bottlers Have Always Managed To Get Their Hands On Some.
