Glenglassaugh reviews

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…

After Billy Walker and his team took over the Glenglassaugh Distillery in 2013 (from the Scaent Group), they release three entry level malts in short succession. It started with the Revival, followed by…

As Glenglassaugh was revived in 2008 after a hiatus of 22 years, expectations were high. The products of the old distillery were pretty much a mixed bag and due to the lack of an official bottling and…

Legs: Thinner than a 40% and quite slowNose: Straight from the new bottle, undiluted – Old dessert wine, toffee and vanilla in the background. With a little water more emerges – milk chocolate, orange…

I had the pleasure of meeting Stuart Nickerson (MD of Glenglassaugh) almost two years ago when he decided to visit my neck of the woods. I remember him to be an extremely humble person who was immensely…

Glenglassaugh Evolution is a cask strength, first fill bourbon cask matured dram. 2nd release (following Revival) by the recently re-opened Glenglassaugh Distillery. We started our Speyside blind tasting…

The story of the ressurection of this distillery can be read in full detail in the well researched book ‘Glenglassaugh: A Distillery Reborn’ from Ian Buxton. I got it as a gift from Ronnie Routlegde from…

This Highland distillery was founded in 1875, closed for more than 40 years between 1908 and 1950 and produced primarily for blends like Teacher’s, Cutty Sark and the Famous Grouse. She closed again in…

Specialty Drinks Ltd, the bottler behind the British The Whisky Exchange, released a couple of bottlings in 2009 to celebrate the first ten years of the webshop. One of those was this 31 Year Old Glen…

This is the new Glenglassaugh, with which I mean to say that it was produced under the stewardship of Stuart Nickerson and his new team. After the Glenglassaugh Revival, the first release, comes this…