Clydebuilt Sailmaker, from Ardgowan Distillery, has just won another award at the World Whiskies Awards 2023. Sailmaker scooped the prize in the first round for Scotland under the category “Blended Malt - No Age Statement”.

It’s another major success for Ardgowan, coming just one week after the distillery was awarded some of the highest marks from the independent taste panel at the Scottish Whisky Awards.

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At the 4th annual Scottish Whisky Awards, up against nearly 200 Scotch whiskies which were blind-tasted and involving whiskies from 61 Scottish distilleries and independent bottlers, Ardgowan won 3 Gold Awards – in the ‘Single Malt Under 12 Years Old’, ‘Single Cask 12 Years Old and Under’ and ‘Blended Malt’ categories.

The winning drams were selected and blended by the Ardgowan team led by our master whisky maker, Max McFarlane.

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We're so proud to have been nominated for four awards at the Scottish Whisky Awards, including Independent Bottler of the Year, and five of our whiskies. We're up against some stiff competition, so it's an honour to have been nominated and we're looking forward to the ceremony at the end of November.

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After a long break, we were delighted to be back on the road this summer to meet customers old and new.

Please keep an eye out here throughout the coming months and beyond as we update the dates and locations where we will be pouring our whisky and sharing our plans for the Distillery as our journey towards opening continues.

We look forward to seeing you all - slàinte mhath!

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Ardgowan Distillery’s Clydebuilt Shipwright has been awarded the coveted Master Medal in the Blended Malt - Super Premium category at the 2022 Scotch Whisky Masters, hosted by The Spirits Business magazine.

In its first year of release, the second whisky in the Clydebuilt Series has followed in the footsteps of multi-award-winning Coppersmith, winning multiple medals from various panels of expert judges

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Ardgowan Distillery’s Shipwright blended malt has been awarded a silver medal in the highly prestigious 2022 IWSC Awards.

The premium dram took the silver in the unpeated blended malt category with a score of 93 in a blind tasting with a panel of expert judges.

Shipwright was described as: ‘light and fragrantly floral with barley sugar with honey and hints of mushroom. St Clement’s cheesecake with soft fruitiness and creamy intensity’.

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Ardgowan Distillery’s Shipwright blended malt has been awarded a silver medal in the 2021 Scottish Whisky Awards.

The second in the Clydebuilt series, the premium dram is a blend of single malts from Speyside and Highland distilleries wholly matured in first fill Oloroso sherry casks.

It won the silver medal in the Blended Malt Scotch Whisky category at the prestigious awards held in Glasgow, fittingly on St Andrew’s Day.

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The Ardowan Distillery continues to take plaudits – this time securing gold for Clydebuilt Coppersmith in the 2021 Scotch Whisky Masters, hosted by The Spirits Business magazine.

The limited-edition Coppersmith dram won gold in the Blended Malt – Super Premium category where the judges praised it for its “bags of oaky notes” and “underlying treacle sweetness”.

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Ardgowan CEO Martin McAdam welcomes success of Expedition, which has been shortlisted for several categories at the Scottish Whisky Awards

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Ardgowan CEO Martin McAdam welcomes success of Expedition, which has been shortlisted for several categories at the Scottish Whisky Awards

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Ardgowan CEO Martin McAdam talks about the packaging design for Ardgowan Expedition, which was recently selected for the 100 Archive 2018

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