Loch Lomond has held the title of Official Spirit of The Open since 2019, renewed several times since, and the distillery marks each year's championship with a dedicated single malt release. This bottling is drawn from the traditional swan-neck pot still spirit and matured in a combination of refill American oak and recharred bourbon casks, presented at 46% without chill filtration.
The house style is on clear display — waxy honeyed malt with crisp orchard fruit and an understated oak frame. The Open releases are pitched as an accessible entry point to the Loch Lomond range rather than a connoisseur's bottling, and the approach pays off: the whisky is easygoing without being thin, and sits comfortably between the distillery's younger core expressions and its older vintages.
The Open, first played in 1860 at Prestwick, is the oldest of golf's four majors, and Loch Lomond — barely an hour's drive from several of the rota's historic Ayrshire courses — is a geographically apt choice for the sponsorship. For visitors to the championship or buyers seeking an affordable Highland pour with a story attached, this is a fair purchase.
