Glenglassaugh reviews

Celebration of the Cask is a series in which Morrison & Mackay bottle exceptional casks at high(er) age. This is a Glenglassaugh that was distilled when I was a two year old toddler. Liquid history,…

Warm sweet thick barley rich loaded arrival followed by a herbal and yellow fruit middle developing a vegetable filled dry fast finish.

Look now, an old bottling of Glenglassaugh. Does not look like much, but then way back then it was more about the liquid than the package, contrary to today. By now the whisky sat in the bottle twice as…

Earlier this year independent bottler Cooper’s Choice launched a single cask Glenglassaugh with no age statement, but with the resounding name ‘Port Bomb’. I guess it’s fair to assume that the influence…

A hand-filled bottle that you can only get at the distillery? That’s a lovely souvenir to take away from a distillery visit. That’s what my buddy Anthony thought when he went to Glenglassaugh last year…

Glenglassaugh is a Highland distillery with a spotty history of closures. The last time was in 1986 back when it was owned by Eddington group who was using it as blend fodder. It was re-opened by a…

Until recently, Glenglassaugh released some single casks in their highly acclaimed Rare Cask Series. But with the sale by Billy Walker (who then went on to purchase Glenallachie), I am not sure if we’ll…

I visited the Whisky Fair in Limburg for the very first time in 2018. What a blast, indeed. And every self-respecting festival has its own bottling. Whisky Fair has several each year and this is one of…

Glenglassaugh distillery is located in Speyside, close to the town of Portsoy, and was established in 1875. The distillery was sold to Highland Distillers in 1892 and remained in their possession until…

Glenglassaugh got a new lease on life in 2009 after a silent period of almost 20 years (before that, it had even been closed for over 40 years). In 2013 Billy Walker (known from BenRiach and GlenDronach…