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Inchmurrin 12 Year Old

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@markjedi1Review by @markjedi1

30th Mar 2015

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Loch Lomond is actually a big whisky factory specialized in the making of bulk whisky, mostly for export. Because they use different types of stills – pot still, coffey still and a hybrid of the two called Lomond still – they can produce different kinds of malts. Inchmurrin is one of them. I tried the old 12 Year Old.

The nose is rather flat on caramel and grain cookies, sweet malt and ginger. Vanille and some mint. Loads of nuts after a few moments. Some chocolate. But it also has some wet cardboard, which is somewhat off putting. The nose is not bad, but still far from good.

On the palate, it goes downhill pretty fast. Loads of oak, making it somewhat dry. The nuts return – sugared almonds? The wet cardboard is there as well. Worse than on the nose, in fact.

The finish is soft, but quite woody.

Inchmurrin, yeah, well. It does not have a good reputation and this entry level malt does little to correct that. Much better than the Loch Lomond single malt, but that is not saying much. Around 30 EUR. Stay away from this.

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@Ol_Jas
Ol_Jas commented

Every once in a while you see a particular bottle—single casks, probably—that gets rave reviews, but mostly the reviews are along these lines. I'd love to try one but I'll never buy one untasted.

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