Soba45
Caermory 21 year
Single Malt — Island, Scotland
Reviewed
March 6, 2019 (edited March 8, 2019)
A distillery with more lives than a cat and a resurrection and brand funded by government tax relief. There is a story in every dram! The Tobermory distillery has opened and closed a number of times. In 1992 3 investors realized they could reopen it produce a bunch of whiskey and a year later sell it for a handsome tax free profit courtesy of BES a govt scheme to ensure equity was available for small businesses. So their efforts and this brand is responsible for the Tobermory and Ledaig drams loved by many today. Anyhow less history more drinking. This is a simple damn but quite nice. Lovely sweet vanilla and that's it but its a note it hits well.
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@cascode Yes essentially. When they reopened the distillery they brewed 150,000 liters, casked it as Caermory and resold it a year later. Why they didn't call it Tobermory I have no idea. Also the quick turn around, no idea. Maybe for tax purposes they had a limited window to retain the tax credits or cash out tax free. The full fascinating history is documented at http://www.caermorywhisky.com/history/
@Soba45 - so, is this a Tobermory malt issued under a different name, sort of like Springbank's Longrow?