There’s rare and there’s rare. After around 3000 tasting notes I only tried one (other) Inverleven , a Lowlands distillery that was founded by Hiram Walker in 1938 and became part of the Dumbarton complex, where they produced different types of whisky for the Ballantine’s blend. Malt production ceased in 1991, some of the stills went to Port Charlotte and are now at Waterford in Ireland. Inverleven never had any official bottlings.

This Inverleven 1985 was just released by Gordon & MacPhail as one of the first relaunched Private Collection bottlings.

Inverleven 33 yo 1985 (57,4%, Gordon &...