Inchgower 13 Years Old 2012 Watt Whisky (Campbeltown Whisky Company Ltd.)

On the Cromarty side of the Moray Firth, Inchgower distils a coastal, savoury malt that has fed Bell's and other Diageo blends for decades. Campbeltown Whisky Company Ltd. bottled this, distilled in 2012, and released it at 13 years old in its Watt Whisky range. The outturn was 258 bottles, released for Europe.

The distillery's spirit is built for body rather than elegance, nutty and waxy with a coastal salt note unusual for Speyside. This bottling matured in an ex-Bourbon cask.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 58.3%, without dilution, the refill ex-Bourbon oak works gently, vanillin reading as vanilla and furfural as a faint toasted almond. At 13 years the wood and the salty, nutty spirit are roughly in balance.