Inchfad 2002 Cask #4359

Loch Lomond Original

From a 3cl sample bottle. Loch Lomond is one of the most unusual distilleries in Scotland, producing both grain and malt whisky, and has sets of standard pot stills and Lomond stills (although apparently they technically aren't, they are pot sills with rectifying columns). They produce a variety of single malts with varying peat levels and cut...

Score 63/100

Loch Lomond G15.4 - Thermonuclear banana

Loch Lomond distillery in unique in that it distills both malt and grain whiskies. Their grain - referred to internally as Rhosdhu, harkening back to the old name for their single malt "Old Rhosdhu" (though bottled simply as Loch Lomond Single Grain) - is 100% malted barley distilled in a continuous still. This liquid was distilled Jan...

Score 90/100

Loch Lomond 21 Year Old 1996 Cadenhead

What do you know? I just tried a Loch Lomond that was distilled in 1974 and bottled after 23 years in 1997. Now I will try a Loch Lomond distilled in 1996 and bottled after 23 years in 2018. Speaking of continuity, yet I do believe it will be very different as a lot has changed in the intervening years at this distillery. That’s why I was happy to...

Score 85/100

Loch Lomond Kintra 9th Confidential Cask

Kintra has just bottled their 9th so-called Confidential Cask. These are single casks of which the name of the distillery is not revealed – hence the name. Having said that, it is not hard to find out. This one, for example, is an Inchmurrin from 2007. I’m intrigued as Inchmurrin certainly is not in my top ten, but the last few months I hear much...

Score 87/100