One from Loch Lomond distillers. Quite an interesting distiller as it doesn't bottle under the distillery name as is common in most of Scotland. It receives little press or acclaim and is not trendy or fashionable. However, it is a fairly interesting distillery as it has a variety of stills, including copper stills with rectifying columns instead of swan necks (which means loads of different types of spirit can be made in the same stills) and a Coffey still for continuous distillation too. There is also a grain distillery on site as well. Plus a cooperage and substantial warehousing. And one month in the year they make peated whisky. So they are fairly self sufficient in the whisky making business. Hence they release single malts, peated and non as well as blends. Sadly there isn't a visitor's centre, which is a pity as it would be interesting to see the whole thing at work.
Anyway, I had a drop of the Inchmurrin 12 the other night and thought it a fairly easy drinking dram.
Nose: Cereal, dusty crops, orange pith. Hints of toffee and baked apple.
Not quite autumnal but the fading of the summer, a slight chill as the evening sun is going down, dusty hay bales with a touch of ozone from the churned water of a water a mill. Deserted small town high street, shop interior. Feeling of bygone and slight melancholia.
Taste: Smooth. Starts with a herby, spice edge, moves to sweetness as it starts to coat the mouth, playing between the spice and sweet sections for a bit before wandering off in a bit of a tangy dryness with a edge of salt.
Finish: Medium, finishes dry with a slight spice/caramel serenade.
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