Glann ar Mor reviews

You will have to forgive me, but this is only my second Kornog, the peaty Breton whisky from Glann ar Mor. The previous one, the Kornog Taouarc'h Prevared 10SC (seriously, can anyone pronounce this?),…

Another peaty Breton from the stables of Glann ar Mor, this Taouarc'h Kentan was launched in August 2016. It matured on bourbon casks and was bottled at drinking strength. It is mildly smoky on the nose…

The Breton distillery Glann ar Mor (which means ‘by the sea’) which closed operations on the 15th of August 2015, produced this single malt with Maris Otter barley. This is an ancient experimental var…

I have to admit that I am not very fond of whisky’s with a name that cannot be pronounced properly without looking like a complete idiot. It makes for difficult conversation. This Breton whisky matured…

Contrary to the peated version, which uses malt from Scotland, this version uses French malt.Taol Esa (which means “the try-out”) was first released in 2008, but I’ve tried the 2009 release. All of the…

This is the 2009 release of the peated Glann ar Mor whisky (30-35 ppm). This second release comes from two ex-bourbon barrels and one Sauternes cask and is brought down to 46%. It’s again very limited…

Kornog is the peated version of the Glann ar Mor whisky. This French distillery is located in Brittany, a region which has quite a lot of Celtic influence.This is the first cask ever bottled of the…