Pears & Almonds 1982 Wemyss Malts Inchgower Single Barrel Whisky

Inchgower 14 Year Old

Around 99% of the production from Inchgower is meant for the blending industry, so you will not encounter this malt easily in official bottlings. There are a Manager’s Dram a two Rare Malts, but we try the easily obtainable one, the Inchgower 14 Year Old in the so-called Flora & Fauna series. The nose is quite fresh and fruity. Think apples –...

Score 82/100

Inchgower 17 Year Old 1959 Cadenhead Dumpy

No, it's not a typo. This Inchgower was indeed distilled in 1959 and bottled after 17 years. That was in 1977, an important year for Star Wars fans, but this aside. In the meantime, the malt has been in the bottle for two and a half times as long as it has been in the cask. Liquid history? You bet. Ah, that's a real old school nose. Metallic,...

Score 89/100

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 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