{"product_id":"2009-inchmurrin-manzanilla-finish-single-cask-single-malt-for-the-whisky-club","title":"Inchmurrin 2009 Manzanilla Single Cask","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet up to be totally self-sufficient, much like a Japanese distillery, Loch Lomond is one of only two remaining “dual” whisky distilleries in Scotland distilling both grain and malt whisky in the same facility. While dual distilleries were common in the 19th century, consolidation and efficiencies during the 20th century meant that nowadays distilleries are either one or the other. Loch Lomond has bucked the trend and taken it a step further. Today the distillery features a set of traditional pot stills, three sets of Lomond stills (the last in Scotland) and three column stills. This enviable set-up allows Loch Lomond to not only make grain spirit, but also eight completely unique styles of malt spirit, from which they can make countless combinations of both single malt and blends. Most importantly, unlike anyone else, they don’t have to rely on other producers to supply whisky for their blends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Lomond still, as you’re no doubt wondering, is a hybrid style of still that features a traditional pot but is fitted with a rectifying head (like a column still). This allows the stillman to create various styles of whisky on the same still; everything from heavy, oily whiskies through to very light floral whiskies, all at various strengths and all from a single apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/loch-lomond-whisky\"\u003eLoch Lomond\u003c\/a\u003e Distillery produces four single malt styles, each under a separate brand. Loch Lomond (slightly \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/peated-whisky\"\u003epeated\u003c\/a\u003e) and Inchmoan (heavily peated) combine spirit from both traditional pot stills and Lomond stills, while Inchmurrin (unpeated) is made exclusively from high strength spirit off the Lomond stills. It is the last and only remaining example of this style of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/scotch\"\u003eScotch whisky\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich brings us to our whisky this month, the 2009 Inchmurrin Manzanilla Finish Single Cask Single Malt for The Whisky Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruly unique in every sense; not only is it the last remaining Scotch brand made exclusively on Lomond stills, it’s also been finished in first fill Manzanilla casks, a style of sherry rarely used in whisky. The result, of course, is just delicious as you’ll soon discover for yourself upon opening this month’s malt. But first a bit more on Manzanilla to fully appreciate it…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManzanilla is a young, pale, dry, Fino style sherry from the coastal region of south-west Spain and maturation is concentrated around the harbour town of Sanlucar de Barrameda. Its seaside location off the Atlantic Ocean gives Manzanilla sherry a salty, fresh marine flavour which comes through beautifully in the whisky. It adds a fantastic layer of hazelnut, apples and caramel to the typical raisin and sultana notes expected from a sherry cask, while also bringing a beautiful tangy, salty dryness that you don’t get with other types of sherry casks. Quite simply, this is a beautiful malt that very few whisky lovers around the world have had the pleasure of savouring and it deserves a special spot on your shelf!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitially filled into cask on the 20 March 2009, it was recasked into first-fill Manzanilla sherry butts in November 2016 before being bottled for us in January 2018, non-chill filtered and natural colour, just the way we like it!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lufGKhLMl2E\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Loch Lomond Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46489906741327,"sku":"WC0083","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/inchmurrin_manzanilla_sherry_single_cask_single_malt.png?v=1787700945","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/2009-inchmurrin-manzanilla-finish-single-cask-single-malt-for-the-whisky-club","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}