Saturday 12 August 2017

Inchgower 14 F&F Review

Hi everyone,

So, a little bias disclaimer first. I really don’t like Inchgower. I’ve only tried two versions so far but I really didn’t like either. A bit like Cardhu, I just plain don’t like the style of spirit and try to stay away from it mostly.
It isn’t that interesting a distillery, just another workhorse Speysider, chugging away making a lot of whisky for Diageo blends like Bells. (shudders)
This version is from Diageo’s, slightly defunct Flora & Fauna range that seems to be being discontinued at an alarmingly slow pace.

Inchgower 14 Flora & Fauna 43%
Colour: Light Gold
Body: Light/Medium
Nose: Fresh and fruity, pastry and vanilla, sour green apple and lemon.
Taste: Sour, lots of fresh lemon juice, green apple, burnt pastry and vanilla develop, unpleasant development with more burnt oak into the finish.
Finish: Medium length. Very unpleasant. Really. Burnt oak and plastic.
Actually, it reminds me of Glen Moray mixed with Glenturret, and not in a good way! The nose is fine, but the finish is really disagreeable.
61/100

Thanks for reading!

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Whisky Network Review #492

Network Average: 74.3
Best Score: 92
Worst Score: 22
0-49 Terrible
50-59 Bad
60-64 Just About OK
65-69 Ok to Good
70-74 Good
75-79 Very Good
80-84 Excellent
85-89 Superb
90+ Magnificent

Full Disclosure Disclaimer: I currently work as a Brand Ambassador for Penderyn Distillery. The views expressed here are purely my own and do not reflect the views of Penderyn Distillery or The Welsh Whisky Company. I try to maintain as much objectivity as I can but feel free to take my reviews with as big a pinch of salt as you like. Furthermore, my rating scale is NOT based on a Parker type wine scoring scale or a school/college/university % or A-F grade score. You can find more on my scoring here. I apologise for any seemly low or 'bad' scores given with my system and am sorry I can't say only nice things. Please keep in mind that I am ethically compromised and am unable to produce 100% unbiased reviews.

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