Batch 5, 11 Year Old - One of the elusive single malts produced at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery. Our Croftengea, from 2007, has been matured in the industry standard, a refill ex-Bourbon hogshead, so this is all about the distillate: briny, salty and smoky.
A delicious-y bottling from Loch Lomond Distillery, the only distillery in Scotland to produce both malt and grain whisky on the same site! Now that’s what we call multi-tasking.
Tasting notes
Nose
Sea shells, brine, oysters, and a hint of green olives. There’s a green malt sweetness, grist, and fresh sawn oak.
Palate
Sweet yet spicy with a lick of maritime and dusky peat. Sea salt, oysters and driftwood. Oak spices, amd a lingering peppery finish.
Specific References
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