Inchgower 13 Years Old 2007 Cask #800919 (Artful Dodger Whisky Collective)

Inchgower is rarely bottled on its own, most of its salty, nutty spirit going to the blenders, so independent releases carry the distillery's name where the blends do not. Artful Dodger Whisky Collective selected this single cask, distilled in 2007, and released it at 13 years old. Single cask 800919 gave 207 bottles, released for Europe.

Inchgower's four stills carry steeply angled lyne arms that hold back the heavier, oilier vapours, part of why the malt comes out nutty, waxy and faintly saline. This bottling matured in an ex-Bourbon cask.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 57%, without dilution, the ex-Bourbon wood gives vanillin for vanilla and oak lactones for coconut, with maltol lending toffee. At 13 years the wood and the salty, nutty spirit are roughly in balance.