Inchgower 28 Year Old 1982 Cask 6965 Bladnoch

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 30 Year Old 1982 A.D. Rattray cask 6964

Finally, this is cask #6964, meaning I have now tried four casks from the same series. Quite unique, I must say. This Inchgower was also distilled on 30th June 1982, but A.D. Rattray kept the cask for a little longer than Bladnoch Forum or MoS. They bottled it on 29th October 2012, making it a 30 Year Old Inchgower. The level of alcohol suggests...

Score 83/100

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

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