Whisky Magazine
Celebrating whiskies of the world

Issue 72 of Whisky Magazine out now!

Issue 72 Out Now

Read - Buy - Subscribe

Quick Links

Buy back issues
Cocktails
Distilleries
Find a whisky
Forums and chat
Independent bottlers
Magazine archive
News
Nosing & Tasting Course
Subscribe
Tasting notes
Whisky and food
Whisky Glossary



Search

Join Whiskymag.com Now
MAGAZINE
SUBSCRIBE
STORE
FEATURES
WHISKIES
DIRECTORY
FORUMS
Age  |  Awards  |  Brand  |  Type  |  Vintage  |  Region

Berry's Own Selection Inchgower 1980

Brand Berry's Own Selection
Expression Inchgower 1980
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Vintage 1980
Abv 46.00%
Produced at Berry Bros. & Rudd
Region Speyside
Availability www.bbr.com
Guide Price £41-£70 (US$66-US$113)
Website http://www.bbr.com

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 62 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

Whisky Magazine is the perfect complement to the dram in your glass. Every issue brings you fascinating articles on the art, science and romance of the 'water of life', plus page after page of tasting notes.

Issue 62 onlineBuy issue 62 (£5.95)
Subscribe to Whisky Magazine (from £28.38)
Preview current issue (72) • Preview other issues online

Tasting Notes

Dave Broom

Nose
Plenty of stone fruit and vanilla. A Viognier like fleshy peachiness as well as a certain oiliness, but it’s peaches from a parallel universe. Fruit, Jim, but not quite as we know it. Mature, with a flor-like nuttiness. Yeasty. It’s all intriguingly odd.
Palate
Great age on show here, manages to balance the oak with a toffee-ed depth.
Finish
Nut shell.
Comment
Just lacks a little length. Not as pure as the 74, but I like its weirdness.

Arthur Motley

Nose
Both jammy and meaty, think of venison and redcurrant jelly. Water turned it a bit grubby, but this note settled to become like an earthy, forest floor. Some sweet, wine-like fruitness is there too.
Palate
Sweet and jammy, then drying.
Finish
Tannic, with a dry and husky, aftertaste like you get when you chew peated barley.
Comment
Choose the 1974 over this one, although if you are a fan of sherry cask led malt this may be your thing.

Whisky Magazine tasting glass, order online.

Interested in whisky tasting, why not nose through our Nosing and Tasting booklet online. It is a great guide to get you started with nosing and tasting your whiskies.

Talk with other whisky lovers about the Berry's Own Selection Inchgower 1980 in the whisky forums.