Description
'Fairytales of New York' Distilled at Inchgower on the 16th of June 2008, then matured for 17 years, intitally in an ex-Bourbon Hogshead then finally in a 1st-Fill ex-Oloroso Hogshead. The cask yielded 265 bottles at 56.4% ABV.
Inchgower
Inchgower 17 Years Old 2008 SMWS 18.79 | Fairytales of New York, Oloroso Cask, Cask #18.79, 2008, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 56.4%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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Average Score
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Overall Rating
86/100
Great86 / 100
Based on 2 published Maltiply reviews.
- Nose
- One Panellist walked through Central Park towards Spanish Harlem, nicknamed El Barrio, with a brown bag full of toasty, roasted, crunchy cinnamon-sugared peanuts just bought from one of the many street vendors.
- Palate
- To taste, we stayed in New York with a Reuben sandwich of bacon, fat-fried rye bread, thousand island aioli, honey mustard-glazed corned beef, peppered bacon, melted Emmental cheese and sauerkraut. Water transported us into a dunnage warehouse by the sea where we had steamed mussels with smoky bacon and cider.
- Finish
- before a finish of sea buckthorn and apple jelly.
Reviews
Ppocket.sparrow8 Oct
87 / 100
The cinnamon-sugared peanuts bring a clear sweet-spice note, while the peppered bacon and honey mustard add a savoury contrast. That mix sounds more interesting to me than sweetness on its own, with sea buckthorn and apple jelly giving the finish a fruity turn.
Nose: Toasty, roasted peanuts with cinnamon sugar.Palate: A Reuben sandwich with peppered bacon and honey mustard-glazed corned beef.Finish: Sea buckthorn and apple jelly.
BookshopRadio5 Sept85 / 100
Oloroso meets savory rye.
Nose: No tasting notes yetPalate: No tasting notes yetFinish: No tasting notes yet
Change+92.0%
LatestSGD 218
HighSGD 218
LowSGD 114
Recently Sold
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Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - May 10, 2026SGD 218.29
Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Jan 11, 2026SGD 139.01
Just Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Dec 15, 2025SGD 113.72
- Region
- Speyside
- Age
- 17 Years
- Vintage
- 2008
- Bottled
- 2025
- ABV
- 56.4%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Inchgower
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Oloroso Cask
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- 18.79
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 202
- Has box
- N.A
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- N.A
- Series highlights
- Fairytales of New York
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- One Panellist walked through Central Park towards Spanish Harlem, nicknamed El Barrio, with a brown bag full of toasty, roasted, crunchy cinnamon-sugared peanuts just bought from one of the many street vendors.
- Palate
- To taste, we stayed in New York with a Reuben sandwich of bacon, fat-fried rye bread, thousand island aioli, honey mustard-glazed corned beef, peppered bacon, melted Emmental cheese and sauerkraut. Water transported us into a dunnage warehouse by the sea where we had steamed mussels with smoky bacon and cider.
- Finish
- before a finish of sea buckthorn and apple jelly.