Glen Garioch reviews

This vintage 1986, a respectable quarter of a century old, was scored at the Spirits in the Sky festival. It matured on American Oak, whatever that means. Bourbon, sure, but 1st fill?The nose is sweet…

This is a recent German bottling of a 20 Year Old Glen Garioch, labelled The Whiskyman’s Dram, for the company of Dominiek Bouckaert. It is very pale, due to maturation on a refill hogshead.The nose…

This 15 Year Old is no longer part of the core range since the overhaul of the brand in 2009. This is a somewhat older bottling at drinking strength. The label still shows the proud stag, which is no…

Nose: sweet , ginger, cloves honey. Plenty of wood spice. Old wood benches. Apple and pear.Palate: enters smoke. Much more than felt in the nose, with hint of peat. Big palate, with the fruit and bitter…

Wow at 48% abv this malt packs a punch. Alcohol peppery 3 alarm fire gives way to buttery dry vanilla alchol grainy malty warm dry medium cleam finish.

This is one of the most controversal whiskies I've tried so far. It has some interesting and powerfull flavours (due to high ABV 48%) and quite bad behaved young spirit at the same time.Nose: initially…

On the nose there is some vanilla but this whisky is dominated by floral aromas. Standing head and shoulders above them all is the smell of heather though, and its very enjoyable. in the background to…

A week or so ago, I enjoyed a private tasting with my excellent Toronto friends @kvass1970, @thecyclingyogi and @cpstecroix. @kvass1970 pulled out a Glen Garioch miniature (undated, but clearly bottled…

With only 5 Glen Garioch under my belt (including two rather special ones: the 1971 by Samaroli that is still in my personal top ten, and the 46 Year Old from 1958 that I tasted during my trip to Scot…

The nose start off pretty promising, but doesn't seem to fully develop. Fresh apple is at the forefront, followed by subtle spice, dust, and brown sugar.On the palate, creme it detected first, followed…