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Old Malt Cask Inchgower 18 Years (700 ml)
Country
Scotland
bottle size
700 ml
Whisky Region
Speyside
Whisky Type
Single Malt Whisky
Alcohol
50%
Product Description
Maturation in a sherry butt for 18 years was long enough for this Inchgower whisky according to Hunter Laing. Their Old Malt Cask range is only bottled when they think it has reached the pinnacle of tastiness, and by Jove do they know tasty whisky! A single cask release of 242 bottles.
Product details
Inchgower
The Inchgower distillery was founded as ‘The Great Distillery of Inchgower’ in 1871 by Alexander Wilson and Co. It was intended that Inchgower would utilise the buildings and equipment of the old Tochieneal Distillery. The Inchgower distillery lies in Banffshire not far from the mouth of the River Spey and just on the outskirts of the fishing town, Buckie. The distillery was bought out by Buckie Town Council in 1936, following the bankruptcy of Alexander Wilson and Co. Two years later Arthur Bell and Sons acquired the distillery for £3,000.
During the 1960s Arthur Bell and Sons renovated the distillery and installed a further two stills, doubling the total capacity to a little less than two million litres annually. They also included Inchgower Scotch whisky as a component in the popular Bells blend, the vast majority of whisky produced at the distillery, as much as 99%, is used as a blending component. In 1985, Guinness acquired the distillery, and following the merger with Grand Metropolitan, Inchgower is currently under the watchful eye of Diageo. Despite being a relatively small-scale distillery, Inchgower boasts thirteen onsite warehouses which hold up to 60,000 casks. There have been very few official releases, though independent bottlings are available.
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