Inchgower 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s Cream Red

Inchgower 35 yo (1975/2011)

Another one from the Diageo stall, an important ingredient of both Johnnie Walker and Bell's blends, but still fairly obscure as a single malt. Today I'm trying a festival bottling from the well known German whisky festival in Limburg: The Whisky Fair. This 35yo was the festival bottling of 2011 and matured in a bourbon hogshead. Nose: Three...

Score 86/100

Inchgower 28 Year Old 1982 Malts of Scotland cask 6969

Ha, triplets! This Inchgower was also distilled on 30th June 1982, but bottled by Malts of Scotland in February 2011, so about 8 months behind the Bladnoch sister casks #6965 and #6966. The alcohol percentage is a lot higher, which makes me suspect the Bladnoch Forum releases were cut. Loads of grasses and flowers on the nose, but it seems tobe...

Score 86/100

Inchgower 1998 13 YO Gordon & MacPhail

The reviewed bottle, 1998 13 YO Inchgower Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur's Choice series, was aged in a refill Sherry butt. The reviewed bottle was sampled when the bottle was newly opened and then 8 days later. The flavours did not change noticeably in that period of time Nose: delicate dilute lemon zest, understated very mild medium-pitched...

Score 80/100

Inchgower 1974 35 Years (Thosop)

Nose: warm and fruity. Lots of melon and kiwi. Apples. Quite some oak polish, sweet sawdust and paraffin. Big notes of vanilla and cinnamon. Leather. Honey. Hints of eucalyptus as well. Very subtle sherry, very fresh and fruity considering the age. Immensely complex really. Gets a bit more floral with a few drops of water. Mouth: sweet start,...

Score 90/100