135.62 And Me And My True Love

Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 135.62, And Me And My True Love Will Yet Meet Again, is a single cask single malt from Loch Lomond, bottled under the Society's code 135, which it uses for the distillery's Inchmoan spirit. Distilled on 30 July 2008, it spent 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before transfer to a new oak hogshead with a heavy toast and medium char, and was bottled at 16 years old at a cask strength of 55.1% ABV. The outturn was 288 bottles. Placed in the Spicy & sweet profile, it is a vivid, tropical dram: zesty green and exotic fruit aromas, then a syrupy, oily palate of mango, passion fruit and pineapple. Bottled at natural strength without chill filtration.

Nose: Crushed nettles, tart exotic fruit and New Zealand sauvignon blanc, then passion flower, mint julep and fruit tea; water adds hothouse flowers, runny honey and wood resin

Palate: Syrupy and oily with mango, passion fruit and pineapple and a hint of very old Irish whiskey; wood and spirit in fine balance

Serve: Neat, then with a few drops of water to open up the aromas; at full cask strength it rewards patience.