Inchmurrin 14 Years Old Executive For WhiskyNerds Cask:17/171-1 54.6% 2003

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (85)

So, Inchmurrin should be unpeated, capice? Colour: deep gold.

Nose: ooh ooh oooh, this is some old Demerara rum. Bits of iron, molasses, camphor, black olives, ultra-ripe bananas, raw vanilla, pencil shavings (cedar), liquorice… Is this really malt whisky? With water: a box of Cuban cigars and a box of Swiss chocolates.

Mouth (neat): a great concoction. Not too sure how you could categorise this though, it’s neither whisky, nor rum, nor armagnac, nor bourbon, nor tequila… Well, I guess it’s technically whisky, and it’s actually ‘a little closer to bourbon’. Or American rye. Amusing, very amusing… With water: don’t. Not sure that’s a pattern, but many good whiskies by Loch Lomond don’t seem to like water. How bizarre…

Finish: medium, chocolate-y? Cappuccino and hazelnut liqueur. Excuse me? Nutella? What’s Nutella?

Comments: fun whisky for funny whisky geeks. Aren’t we all?

Whisky Notes (91)

Nose: you get the bourbonny oak first, but the sherry grows over time. In the end I find it closer to the sherry bottling (which is great news), perhaps with a bit more spices. Lovely pink grapefruit again, sour (cran)berries and juicy plums (yellow ones this time, instead of red plums?). Just a hint of ripe pineapple from the bourbon cask. A little mocha and fruit tea. Aniseed. Beautiful.

Mouth: bright fruity notes, in the style of Irish whiskey and Littlemill. Grapefruit, passion fruits, raspberries. Hints of guava juice. Again a little more spicy heat, if memory serves me well. A little tobacco as well.

Finish: long, drier now. Cinnamon, plums and fruit tea.
Added yellow fruits and added spices:
it doesn’t trump the others but it’s certainly on the same level. If you’ve missed the first two bottlings, then this is a must-have.

BOW (91)

Words of Whisky:

Color Auburn

Nose:
Supremely fruity. Mango, pink grapefruit and lemon peel, softened by a touch of vanilla and honey. But the sherry influence is evident too, with cocoa powder and an array of fruits (strawberries and blackcurrants, for example). It truly is a wonderful blend of aromas of the two earlier releases.

Taste
Crazy fruity again. Lots of grapefruit and nectarines, but the lemon also makes a comeback. While there's less bourbon matured Inchmurrin in here, it does seem to have quite a big influence. Might be the extremely fruity distillate though. There is however some milk chocolate, licorice, raspberries and cherry syrup, as well as a mild spiciness.

Finish:
Fruit juice with a hint of chocolate... Long...

Comments:
Great experiment by the WhiskyNerds. The ex-sherry cask really does lift the ex-bourbon cask to new heights. A great blend of the characters of the two previous releases.