Inchmurrin Single cask 004
Worlds worst single malt?
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LReview by @LarsA
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- Brand: Inchmurrin
- ABV: 45%
I had high expectations when I saw this on sale (But still expensive enough to be of decent quality) in a local supermarket. Single cask, decent abv, no colouring, no chill filtration and organic. Distilled in 2000, and bottled in 2009. So in other Words a quite Young Whisky, but I thought that 9 years might be ok, I mean why not when Talisker 10 is as great as it is. Had I looked closer at the label it would have seen that it was distilled at Loch Lomond, and the I would most likely have avoided it. Strangely the label says since 1814, which is slightly odd, as the distillery was built in 1965, and started distilling in 1966. Colour: Very light gold, pretty much what can be expected from a young whisky matured in American oak (I assume that means Bourbon casks, but it is not specified on the label). Nose: Not much happening here. Except for a littele malt, and something faintly rotten, it+s pretty much nonexsistant. Palate: Well this is where it all goes terribly wrong. Strong malty cereal, but the faintly rotten smell from the nose, REALLY rears up it´s ugly head now. Someone on the net described it a sewage Water, and I´m afraid I´m inclined to agree. Finish: Not very strong, but unfortunately fairly long and persistent. This is really vile swill. Last time I drank this, it took two resonably large Taliskers to remove the unplesant taste in my mouth. I will not in the foresseable future (Most likely never)ingest anything from Loch Lomond, if I can avoid it. They should be ashamed to relase such a product at the Price they demand for it. I can thinks of several unplesant blends at a third of the price, that I´d rather have than this. For instance I´d much prefer a dram of Ballantines Finest to Inchmurrin, although I would actually prefer nothing at all, if faced with these two choices. I had some friends drop by for some drams, and they hated it even more than I did. One of the best moment of the evening was when we poured the rest of the bottles contents down the kitchen sink.
@LarsA, experiences like the one you've had with Inchmurrin Cask # 004 are one of the main reasons why we read and write reviews. This is a cautionary tale, indeed. Thanks for the warning. With this sort of experience I wouldn't run out and buy any more Inchmurrin bottles either. It would make me extremely curious, though, to sample some of their other bottlings just to see whether this low quality was truly typical for this distillery, or more of a one-off. On a practical basis I'd likely wait until I could try a small sample from a friend, though, because it might anger me to spend more money on another unpleasant experience.
On a separate subject I see that the first bourbon you've added to your cabinet is Noah's Mill. A very interesting high ABV and high pitched flavours choice. KBD, the people who make Noah's Mill, produce (but only recently distill) a lot high quality products. Those are the Willett people.