Glen Elgin 1971 Natural Strength Bottled 1985 Samaroli

Glen Elgin 18 Year Old 1995 A.D. Rattray

This bottle of Glen elgin was hiding between other beauties on the table of Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis at the recent Global Spirits Expo in Antwerp. I immediately took a sample to try it in this little line-up of mine. It matured for 18 years on a bourbon cask and was bottled at cask strength in 2014 by A.D. Rattray. The nose is very herbal and...

Score 82/100

Glen Elgin 14 Year Old 1996 Signatory

In the heart of Speyside, some 3 kilometers from the village of Elgin, you’ll find the Glen Elgin Distillery that today produces mostly for the White Horse blend. There are a couple of official bottlings to be found, but it’s with the independents that you’ll find many more. Let us try this 14 Year Old from the Un-Chillfiltered Collection from...

Score 81/100

Glen Elgin 25 Year Old Bladnoch Forum

Bladnoch, the recently revived Lowland distillery, profiles itself also as independent bottler by offering single casks at cask strength from a whole range of distilleries to her forum members. This is one of them, distilled on 1st November 1984 and bottled 12th March 2010. The whisky was created at the Glen Elgin distillery in Speyside. It's cask...

Score 78/100

Glen Elgin 18 Year Old 1995 Blackadder Raw Cask

This Blackadder bottling contains a Glen Elgin from 1995. It is only the 10th Glen Elgin I am trying, but then there are not that many official bottlings. So I had to look for an indie. This was bottled after 18 years at a whopping cask strength of 58,2%. The nose is creamy and burst with citrus fruit, lime in the lead. A bit of beeswax makes it...

Score 85/100