Inchgower 1986 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask #3434 Douglas Laing

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 29 Year Old 1982 Master of Malt

Nose: Starts very sweet and malty with some fruity notes as well : Kirsch, Berries. Also vanilla and coconut with Spices and Coriander. Palate: A mix of spicy stuff and spices. Backed by the malty backbone. Ginger cookies, berries too. Some wood resin. Finish: Ending on Cocoa powder. Praline. All in all a very enjoyable single cask , with and...

Score 86/100

Inchgower 28 Year Old 1982 Bladnoch Forum cask 6966

This Inchgower, also bottled by Bladnoch Forum, was bottled on 5thAugustu 2010, a week later than cask #6965. This cask #6966 is bottled at a slightly higher ABV. Surely they must be almost identical, no? Yep, it is an identical twin on the nose. Gras, flowers, hay, potpourri, they all return, albeit in somewhat different amounts. This one seems a...

Score 85/100

Inchgower 27 Year Old 1990 Diageo Special Release 2018

Inchgower is something of an unknown, a workhorse for Diageo’s blends. You will not come across it as a single malt very often. It even makes its debut in this year’s Special Releases and what an entrance: matured for 27 years on refill American hogsheads. Very full nose of ripe fruit of both the white and yellow variety (quite a bit of stone...

Score 87/100