Named “Phenol-menon” by the team here at the distillery, this Distillery Edition 10 Single Malt showcases Loch Lomond’s innovation in flavour creation — shaped in distillation through our Straight-Neck stills. Master Blender Michael Henry has mapped the spectrum of phenols and the flavour profiles they create on the back of the bottle, to show how peat can move beyond “just smoke” into a wider range of savoury, fruity and spiced character.
Made with heavily peated malted barley (50ppm), this spirit is taken from the wide cut and matured for 8 years in refill American Oak casks. On the nose, savoury smoke leads with smoked bacon with a bright lift of pineapple. On the palate, sweet medicinal peat meets orchard fruits drawn from our Straight-Neck distillation, with gentle honeyed cinnamon spice building in the background. The finish is beautifully long, with swirling peat smoke and delicate spice that linger long after the last sip.
Smoked bacon, pineapple, soft medicinal notes, light oak, gentle sweetness
Sweet medicinal character, orchard fruits, honeyed cinnamon spice, subtle vanilla
Long with swirling smoke and delicate spice

Michael Henry
Master Blender