A new Scottish distillery has hailed the launch of two whiskies.
The whiskies are launched along with the chance to invest in a cask at an open day with the whisky maker in person and other events this weekend.
The first new whisky release is the Inverdarach “Ardgowan Open Day 2024” which is a 2013 vintage Highland Single Malt bottled at 10 years old.
Whisky maker Max McFarlane has selected four first-fill sherry hogsheads, creating a whisky that is “wonderfully sherried without masking the original distillery character.”
Bottled at 56%, the tasting notes describe the nose as “rich complex black cherries, heather honey, teak oil and roast hazelnuts”.
The second release is an Inverdarach Glenallachie 16-year-old Single Malt, a classic 100% sherry matured cask “given a very subtle twist with ten months aging in an ex-Islay hogshead”.
Ardgowan said: “For whisky aficionados, there is an opportunity to invest in your own cask of whisky and to see the progress on the distillery site which is expected to open in spring 2025.”
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It said the event is on Saturday and highlights including the food village featuring local suppliers, live music, family entertainment activities, charity stalls, competitions and prize draws and, whisky tastings led by the Ardgowan team.
Ardgowan said it is sourcing whisky from across Scotland, and “curating the casks, and only bottling when ready”.
With construction of the privately owned start-up distillery in the final stages, Ardgowan’s £20 million “Cathedral of Whisky” is expected to create almost 50 jobs for the local area and on completion will have the capacity to produce up to one million litres of premium whisky a year. The site on the historic Ardgowan Estate near Inverkip, 30 miles west of Glasgow also features a gin distillery and visitor centre.
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