Invergordon 16 Years Old 2007 No. 246 (Maltbarn)

Founded in 1959, Invergordon makes grain whisky on a large scale for blending, so single grain bottlings under its own name are rare and come mostly from independent bottlers. This release was bottled by Maltbarn, distilled in 2007, at 16 years old, for its No. 246 range. It was released for the Netherlands.

Grain whisky like Invergordon's is made in continuous Coffey stills rather than pot stills, which gives a cleaner, sweeter and lighter spirit than malt. Matured in ex-Bourbon casks.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 55.1%, without dilution, the ex-Bourbon wood gives vanillin for vanilla and oak lactones for coconut, with maltol for butterscotch. Invergordon's light grain core keeps it soft and sweet through a long vanilla finish.