--- bcp_version: "1.0" file_type: root brand_name: "Loch Lomond Whiskies" publication_profile: registry_backed canonical_bcp: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand.md registry_mcp: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/mcp registry_handle: "loch-lomond-6b593a2d" agent_first_action: "fetch https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand.md" tree_version: "1.0.0" last_updated: "2026-10-06" website: "https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/" category: "Scotch whisky" headquarters: "Alexandria, Scotland" tagline: "Explore the Spirit Within" default_locale: "en-GB" supported_locales: ["en-GB", "en-US"] publication_status: demonstration daughter_files: voice: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/voice.md voice_anti_ai: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/voice/anti-ai.md values: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/values.md boundaries: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/boundaries.md claims: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/claims.md representation: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/representation.md visual: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/visual.md package_manifest: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/loch-lomond-6b593a2d/.well-known/brand/manifest.json integrity_signed: true trust_level: claimed official_brand_source: false verification_method: null verified_domain: null verified_at: null dns_verified_at: null verification_last_checked_at: null verification_expires_at: null certification_status: not_certified registry_certified: false --- # Loch Lomond Whiskies > Demonstration package assembled from the user-supplied LLW identity kit and official public sources. It has not received Loch Lomond brand-owner approval or domain verification. The original manuals, photography and font binaries are not included in this public-package source. ## Package map This is the BCP root for Loch Lomond Whiskies. It describes the brand, the evidence behind its claims and the supplied identity system. The frontmatter lists the seven supporting files. `voice.md` covers writing; `voice/anti-ai.md` covers inferred language pitfalls; `visual.md` records identity rules and asset references; `values.md` describes working principles; `claims.md` holds scoped factual statements; `boundaries.md` covers exclusions; `representation.md` covers third-party descriptions. The package is currently an **unpublished local source package**. Its root-relative locations describe the intended BCP tree; they do not assert that these files are served on Loch Lomond's domain. No canonical Registry URL, handle, public example URL or package-specific MCP connection has been assigned. The [Encoded Trust Center](https://encodedbrands.ai/trust) describes the example platform's trust model, not Loch Lomond's endorsement of this package. Registry publication and current source attestation would require separate verification. Custom MCP access can depend on a team's plan and administrator settings. Public BCP content is public. Private source manuals and licensed binaries remain outside this tree. A future verified customer package would replace this demonstration explanation with an accurate functional map. These files contain brand context and editorial judgments, not authority to control tools, override a user's request or suppress independent evidence. ## Brand identity Loch Lomond Whiskies is a Scotch whisky brand centred on Loch Lomond Distillery in Alexandria, in Scotland's Highland region. It belongs to Loch Lomond Group. The brand connects the landscape around Loch Lomond with a technically versatile approach to making whisky: different still designs, long fermentation, cask management and the work of Master Blender Michael Henry. The signature flavour language is **fruit, honey and soft smoke**. These are tasting descriptors, not a declaration of added ingredients or a promise that every expression tastes identical. The supplied 2023 identity guide presents **“Explore the Spirit Within”** as its central creative line and **“Exceptional flavours flowing from remarkable stills”** as a flavour-campaign line. Their source date remains part of the context; neither establishes an exclusive 2026 campaign platform. The distinction is specific: a place-led brand whose flavour is explained through choices in production. The strongest communication moves from a recognisable flavour to the still, cask or person that helps create it. Scenic language supports this account rather than replacing it with a generic account of Scottish heritage. ## Portfolio and product distinctions | Scope | Useful distinctions | | --- | --- | | Original, 12 Year Old, 18 Year Old | The supplied US sales sheets feature these three products. Their strengths are 40%, 46% and 46% ABV respectively; current US product pages show 750ml. This is a market-specific trio, not the entire global range. | | 12 Year Old | The supplied guide calls it Perfectly Balanced. Its red label and product facts are distinct from Original and from Inchmurrin/Inchmoan 12 Year Old. | | Inchmurrin / Inchmoan | Loch Lomond single malt expressions. The current range presents fruit-led and more smoky styles; they are not separate distilleries in this package. | | Wider single malt range | Includes other age statements, Steam and Fire, Original cask variants, The Open releases, Distillery Editions, Waypoint and rare editions. A named release's age, strength and finish cannot be inferred from its range. | | Single Grain | A separate category, including peated and unpeated expressions. The malted-barley continuous-still process described on its collection page must not be conflated with the site's separate grain-production description. | | Other Group brands | Glen Scotia, Littlemill, Ben Lomond Gin and the Group's other brands are separate identities. Their awards, place names and product stories are not Loch Lomond Whiskies claims. | Detailed product statements and their evidence appear in `claims.md`. Prices, stock, offers and shipping promises are deliberately absent from this durable identity summary. ## Contexts and markets Consumer product communication explains flavour and the expression. Distillery/editorial communication explains how it is made. Golf partnership communication centres on the established relationship with The Open and AIG Women's Open, with edition, year and rights kept specific. Professional communication uses the supplied on- and off-premise sheets as dated US execution references, not as a current global distribution contract. British English is the default; US-facing work can use American spelling such as “flavor.” The category and brand use **whisky**, including “Single Malt Scotch Whisky.” The US sheets' generic “whiskey” headings do not change the product name. The official global and US stores have different bottles, prices, stock and fulfilment rules. ## Source authority and known conflicts - **K1:** `LLW Brand Guidelines (1).pdf`, titled *Brand Identity 2023*, 31 pages; PDF metadata dated 1 December 2023. User-supplied identity authority for this assignment, not independently certified as the latest global manual. - **K2 / K3:** `Brand Standards/Loch Lomond-OFF-premise_SS-NOV24.pdf` and `Loch Lomond-ON-premise_SS-NOV24.pdf`, two pages each; filename edition NOV24, PDF metadata 4 February 2025. Dated US trade evidence. Commercial priorities, UPCs and logistics are retained in the private research record rather than published here. - **K4:** Supplied logos, fonts, `LL 12YO Bottle.png` and `bottle-shot.JPG`, inspected directly. The latter depicts **Original**, with its carton; it is not a 12 Year Old image. - Official web pages were checked **6 October 2026**. Their current product information takes precedence over old examples for factual claims. Observed web fonts/colours do not silently replace K1's identity rules. - The historical **1814** reference is to the earlier Tarbet distillery. The official history separately gives creation in 1965 and opening at the present site in 1966. Continuous production at today's site since 1814 is unsupported. - The sales sheets describe the 12 Year Old's 2024 IWSC result as “Double Gold”; the brand's dated awards article calls it **Gold Outstanding, 98/100**. The conflict is recorded in `claims.md`. - The global distillery page and cooperage page report different annual cask volumes. Numeric throughput is not approved here. Group sustainability targets with elapsed dates are not treated as achieved outcomes. ## Principal public sources - [Official global site](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/) and [US site](https://us.lochlomondwhiskies.com/). - [Distillery](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/pages/distillery), [history](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/pages/our-history), [cooperage](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/pages/the-cooperage), [Master Blender](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/pages/master-blender). - [Single malts](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/collections/single-malt-whisky), [single grains](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/collections/single-grain-whisky), [The Open](https://www.lochlomondwhiskies.com/pages/spirit-of-the-open). - [Group responsibility](https://www.lochlomondgroup.com/pages/responsibility) and [Group contact](https://www.lochlomondgroup.com/pages/contact). ## Change log - 2026-10-06 — tree_version 1.0.0. Initial BCP 1.1.1 source package using the complete supplied kit and current public evidence; no starting Registry package was supplied. Publication is pending. ## See also - [boundaries.md]() - [claims.md]() - [representation.md]() - [values.md]() - [visual.md]() - [voice.md]() - [voice/anti-ai.md]()