Tri Carragh Inchmurrin 12 Year Old

Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch

Bottler: Tri Carragh

Distillery: Inchmurrin (Loch Lomond)

Age: 12 years old

Distilled: 2014

Bottled: 2026

Region: Highland, Scotland

Spirit: Single malt scotch

Cask Type: Finished in a 2nd Fill ex-peated red wine octave for 9 months

Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 59.9%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Outturn: 78 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Inchmurrin 12 Year Old Tasting Notes

Nose: Expressive and unusual, opening with ripe summer berries, red grapes, and strawberry syrup layered over Inchmurrin’s trademark tropical fruit character. Pineapple, peach, and pear notes mingle with soft wine tannins, while wisps of earthy smoke drift in gently from the peated octave influence. Hints of toasted oak, dark chocolate, and fragrant spice develop with time in the glass.

Palate: Big, vibrant, and oily in texture. Sweet red fruits and jammy berries arrive first, followed by waves of tropical fruit, honeyed malt, and creamy vanilla. The octave finish adds intensity and richness, bringing notes of black cherries, mulled wine spice, and toasted oak. Subtle peat smoke weaves through the palate rather than dominating it, adding depth alongside cracked pepper and a slight herbal edge at cask strength.

Finish: Long, warming, and slightly drying, with lingering smoke, red berry sweetness, and oak spice. Notes of dark fruit compote, cocoa, and charred wood fade slowly alongside a final touch of earthy peat.

About this Tri Carragh whisky

This Inchmurrin 12 Year Old from Tri Carragh is an inventive and highly expressive Highland single malt that pushes Loch Lomond’s famously fruity spirit into darker, smokier territory through an unusual finishing cask.

Distilled in 2014 and bottled in 2026, this whisky was finished for 9 months in a second fill ex-peated red wine octave — a combination of influences rarely seen together. The octave’s smaller size intensifies interaction between spirit and wood, while the previous red wine and peated whisky contents layer fruit richness, gentle tannin, and subtle smoke onto Inchmurrin’s naturally tropical profile.

Produced at Loch Lomond Distillery using the distillery’s distinctive straight-neck stills, Inchmurrin spirit is renowned for its bright estery character, often showing pineapple, pear, peach, and exotic fruit notes. Here, those vibrant tropical elements remain firmly intact, but are framed by richer red fruit, spice, and an earthy smoky undertone that gives the whisky a more dramatic and layered personality.

On the nose, ripe summer berries, strawberry syrup, and red grapes mingle with pineapple, peach, and pear, while soft wine tannins and gentle earthy smoke drift through the background. Hints of toasted oak, dark chocolate, and fragrant spice emerge with time in the glass. The palate is big, oily, and vibrant, opening with jammy red fruits before moving into honeyed malt, vanilla, black cherries, mulled spice, and toasted oak. The peat influence is subtle but important — woven through the whisky rather than sitting on top of it, adding depth, cracked pepper, and a faint herbal edge.

The finish is long and warming, carrying lingering smoke, berry sweetness, oak spice, cocoa, and charred wood, before fading into a final earthy peat note.

Bottled at a formidable 59.9% ABV, with natural colour and without chill filtration, this is a whisky with serious presence and texture. With an outturn of just 78 bottles, it is an exceptionally limited release that combines experimental cask work with genuine balance and drinkability.

A bold and unconventional Inchmurrin - fruit-forward, smoky, and richly layered, offering a fascinating twist on Loch Lomond’s distinctive house style.