Inchmoan 12 Year Old Peated Single Malt - Loch Lomond Island Collection 2017 (70cl, 46%)
Released in 2017 this is a heavily peated style of single malt from the Loch Lomond distillery aged in re-charred American oak and re-fill Bourbon casks. One of the many malts that's produced at Loch Lomond, this is a peated single malt. Historically it has been rare to see this bottled under official distillery label but here we have it and aged 12 years no less!
Inchmoan also takes it name from an island on the loch of Loch Lomond and like the Loch Lomond Inchmurrin they utilize the straight-necked pot still with this whisky as well as the more traditional pot stills, but peated barley (50ppm) makes up its mash.
Loch Lomond distillery was an innovative project when first conceived, intending to be fully self-reliant in its blending responsibilities by producing a variety of single malt and grain whiskies on the same site. The combination of swan-necked pot stills, Lomond stills and continuous stills nowadays allow for the production of a staggering 11 distinct spirits. Inchmoan is a heavily peated whisky produced in limited amounts, in this case on specially designed pot stills with rectifying heads to allow a higher cut point in the distillation process.