This second release from one of the hot new Scotch distilleries has really grown on me after a couple of glasses. To oversimplify, it’s like a classic Highlander with a warm honeyed center, but with a lively undercurrent of ginger spice. Ardnamurchan produces both peated and unpeated spirit and I’d guess there’s a mix of both types in this bottling. The way the sherry casks present mid-palate reminds me of how the honey oozes out of a lemon cough lozenge I used to get in my childhood. I’d gladly drink this over Glenmorangie 10 any day and tasted blind I might even mistake it for a Balvenie were it not for the spice. Between this and Torabhaig, we are going to be spoilt for great affordable Scotch before too long.