{"product_id":"inchgower-26-year-old-1998-gordon-macphail-single-refill-sherry-butt-11274-uk-exclusive-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025","title":"Inchgower 26 Year Old 1998 Gordon \u0026 Macphail Single Refill Sherry Butt #11274 UK Exclusive Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eInchgower 26 Year Old 1998 Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail Single Refill Sherry Butt #11274 UK Exclusive Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 533 bottles produced from an single sherry butt. We wish there was more and so will you when you see how good this dram is! Musky and dignified! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab prod_desc_tab\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"Product-content-description14972502442365\" class=\"collapsible-content collapsible-content--all is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsible-content__inner rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArguably the most famous independent bottler of Scotch whisky there is. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. It is now owned by the Urquhart Family who have bow bottled over 350 different expressions from around 69 different distilleries. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail is the Trading name of Speymalt Whiskies while also owning the Benromach distillery, which they purchased in 1993. Some of the brands include Connoisseurs Choice, Cask Strength, Rare Old and Speymalt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page-layout__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Connoisseurs Choice series is known for independently bottling carefully selected individual casks to showcase distillery character and cask influence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"Product-content-tab_pKk4Pq14972502442365\" class=\"collapsible-content collapsible-content--all is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsible-content__inner rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_tasting_note\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e: Faint smell of museum, rich milk chocolate with stewed raisins and dried fig. Treacle toffee, roasted coffee bean and subtle citrus with a mild vanilla note. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is where it gets you! Spicy oak flavours, stewed plum, slightly darker side of milk chocolate, old musk taste reminding you of 70s bottles, Seville orange and black pepper. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full and spicy with lingering citrus and soft aniseed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Inchgower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocated just outside the fishing port of Buckie, Inchgower is a defiantly coastal style of single malt. No other new make reaches the same level of intense spiciness which is perceived on the tongue as salinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe spicy character is driven initially by a hotter than usual second water during the quick mashing regime which cuts back any overt nuttiness. Fermentation is short and the steeply angled lyne arms on the stills help to capture weightier elements. An underlying waxiness flashes a signal to another coastal plant, Clynelish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt in 1871 by Alexander Wilson, this is one of the few distilleries to have been owned by the local town council which stepped in to save the plant in 1936 when the Wilson family went bankrupt. Two years later, Arthur Bell bought it for the princely sum of £3,000. With the absorption of Bell’s into Guinness and the subsequent purchase by that firm of DCL, Inchgower became part of what is now Diageo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has always been a significant player in blends, in this case Bell’s, whose own distilleries all shared variations on the ‘nutty-spicy' theme. It also plays a role within the Walker range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt in 1871 by Alexander Wilson, this is one of the few distilleries to have been owned by the local town council which stepped in to save the plant in 1936 when the Wilson family went bankrupt. Two years later,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scotchwhisky.com\/whiskypedia\/2625\/arthur-bell-sons\/\"\u003eArthur Bell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebought it for the princely sum of £3,000. With the absorption of Bell’s into Guinness and the subsequent purchase by that firm of DCL, Inchgower became part of what is now Diageo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has always been a significant player in blends, in this case Bell’s, whose own distilleries all shared variations on the ‘nutty-spicy' theme. It also plays a role within the Walker range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Diageo’s ‘Flora \u0026amp; Fauna’ range, it is occasionally found (with varying degrees of salinity) from independent bottlers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e54.8% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Inchgower","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52955558084946,"sku":"G\u0026MINCH26CC1998","price":255.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Inchgower26YearOld1998Gordon_MacphailSingleRefillSherryButt_11274UKExclusiveSpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2025.jpg?v=1773689410","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/inchgower-26-year-old-1998-gordon-macphail-single-refill-sherry-butt-11274-uk-exclusive-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}