Inchgower 16 Years Old 2008 Cask #HL 21382 (Edition Spirits)

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. Edition Spirits selected this single cask, distilled in 2008, and released it at 16 years old in its The First Editions range. It came from single cask HL 21382.

A quick mashing regime and a warmer second water give Inchgower the savoury, saline character that earns it the Manzanilla of Speyside nickname. This bottling matured in an Oloroso sherry cask.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 58.8%, without dilution, the Oloroso butt drives fig and date, the spirit's saline edge cutting through the sherry sweetness. At 16 years the cask has had time to round off the spirit's coastal edge and pull the flavours together.