Inchgower 24 Year Old 1980 First Cask Single Sherry Cask #14147 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2004) 70cl

A single cask bottling of Inchgower distilled on 10th December 1980.

First Cask were a mail order service back when whisky was not as popular as it was today bottling older whiskies under 46% strength. We have yet to try one that we did not like from this bottler. The well aged whisky in these series tend to be a little muskier and older tasting thanks to the direct heat distillation techniques that were later changed for steam heating which produced a mellower spirit in today's whiskies.

About Inchgower

Built in 1871 by Alexander Wilson, this is one of the few distilleries to have been owned by the local town council which stepped in to save the plant in 1936 when the Wilson family went bankrupt. Two years later, Arthur Bell bought it for the princely sum of £3,000. With the absorption of Bell’s into Guinness and the subsequent purchase by that firm of DCL, Inchgower became part of what is now Diageo.

It has always been a significant player in blends, in this case Bell’s, whose own distilleries all shared variations on the ‘nutty-spicy' theme. It also plays a role within the Walker range.

Built in 1871 by Alexander Wilson, this is one of the few distilleries to have been owned by the local town council which stepped in to save the plant in 1936 when the Wilson family went bankrupt. Two years later, Arthur Bell bought it for the princely sum of £3,000. With the absorption of Bell’s into Guinness and the subsequent purchase by that firm of DCL, Inchgower became part of what is now Diageo.

It has always been a significant player in blends, in this case Bell’s, whose own distilleries all shared variations on the ‘nutty-spicy' theme. It also plays a role within the Walker range.

One of Diageo’s ‘Flora & Fauna’ range, it is occasionally found (with varying degrees of salinity) from independent bottlers

46% ABV

70cl