点评:We had a brilliant time at Ardara Distillery on Thursday 7th May & experienced the tasting tour at €25pp. The distillery itself is very modern, but the history behind it is old & celebrates family tradition. Our tour guide was the lovely Aoife & as it was just myself & my partner on the tour it was great to be able to ask many questions & get full insightful explanations. Aoife was great craic & you can tell how proud she is of being part of the distillery & what the distillery means to the local community & history of Donegal. Aoife passionately described the unique process of their whiskey distillery & the deliberate reasoning for it. It was also great hearing about the owners James & Moira's journey to creating the distillery. The tasting aspect of the tour was of an equally excellent standard in which we were able to try their gin 'An Dúlamán' & their 'Ardara Single Malt Whiskey', both of which were smooth to drink without any mixer. The gin was citrusy fresh in flavour, whereas the whiskey had the lasting smokey, peat flavour. We enjoyed them so much we had the go home with a bottle of each. This distillery is definitely worth the visit.
翻译:5月7日星期四,我们在阿达拉酒厂度过了美好的时光,并参加了每人25欧元的品鉴之旅。酒厂本身非常现代化,但其背后的历史却源远流长,传承着家族传统。我们的导游是可爱的艾奥菲,因为只有我和我的伴侣两个人,所以我们能够提出很多问题,并获得详尽的讲解,这感觉非常棒。艾奥菲风趣幽默,你能感受到她对酒厂的自豪,以及酒厂对当地社区和多尼戈尔历史的意义。艾奥菲热情地介绍了他们独特的威士忌酿造工艺及其背后的考量。聆听酒厂主人詹姆斯和莫伊拉的创业故事也令人受益匪浅。品鉴环节同样精彩,我们品尝了他们的金酒“An Dúlamán”和“Ardara单一麦芽威士忌”,这两款酒都口感顺滑,无需任何调配即可享用。这款金酒带有清新的柑橘香气,而威士忌则带有持久的烟熏泥煤风味。我们非常喜欢,所以每种酒都带了一瓶回家。这家酒厂绝对值得一去。