Inverleven Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Inverleven Scotch Whisky

Distillery Information

Built in 1938 within the Dumbarton grain distillery
Location Lowlands region Western district, Dumbarton
Water source Loch Lomond

Mothballed in 1991

Inverleven Scotch Whisky Distilling Equipment

Operated in 2 still houses 1 with 2 pot stills the second had a Lomond pattern still.

Inverleven Scotch Distillery History
 
The Inverleven is a distillery within a distillery constructed in 1938 within the Dumbarton Grain Distillery by Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd and operated under license by George Ballantine & Son Ltd

The malt whisky is classified as a Lowlander whisky despite the fact that the distillery straddles the old political Highland line This line was introduced to define Lowland and Highland whiskies for tax and production regulations.

The large distillery complex in Dumbarton is licensed to George Ballantine & Son Ltd. and still produces grain whisky for the Ballantine's blend to this day.

Situated next to the column still buildings that are used for the production of grain whisky, there were two pot still houses that produced malt whisky. One with a conventional pair of pot still set up producing Inverleven and in the other a Lomond still set up with rectifiers that was installed in 1959 that produced the 'Lomond' malt.

Hiram Walker installed Lomond stills at Glenburgie producing Glencraign. At Miltonduff producing Mosstowie and at Scapa where the Lomand still was used as a wash still.

Both malt still houses were closed in 1991 and mothballed in 1992.

The malt whisky produced was an important component of Ballantine’s blends.

Inverleven Single Malt Scotch Distillery Bottlings 
 
No official Bottlings

Inverleven 1973 Deoch an Doras 48.85%
Distilled in 1973
Bottled 2010
Cask Strength Limited Edition of 500 bottles

Nose: This rare old malt whisky is full of wonderful light fruity citrus notes
Taste: Intermingled with creamy toffee and sweet candy apple flavours.

The Gaelic saying ‘deoch an doras’ translates as ‘drink at the door’ and refers to the final farewell drink

Inverleven single malt has been bottled by independents
and is extremely rare.
 
Inverleven Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Independent Bottlings  
 
Cadenhead’s
Duncan Taylor Collection,
Gordon & MacPhail,
Old Malt Cask (Douglas Laing),
Peerless (Duncan Taylor),
Rarest of the Rare (Duncan Taylor)
SMWS.

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