Glen Elgin 1978 30 Year Old Adelphi

Glen Elgin 35 Year Old 1975 The Whisky Agency

The Whisky Agency has bottled no less than four casks for 1975 Glen Elgin (or at least parts of it, judging from the number of bottles). Three in the Perfect Dram series and this one from the so-called Landscape series. The bourbon hoggie yielded 186 bottles, of which some can still be found today. The nose starts off dusty, as if I am nosing this...

Score 86/100

Glen Elgin 17 Year Old 1991 James MacArthur

The boys of the Milano Whisky Festival did not buy the whole cask, it would seem. James MacArthur released another bottling of the same cask, but at 54,6% ABV. For the festival in Italy, only 150 bottles were filled at a slightly lower ABV. So this must have been diluted for that purpose. On the nose, one scent jumps out immediately: butterscotch....

Score 85/100

Glen Elgin 22 Year Old 1995 Maltbarn

Maltbarn is a German independent bottler from Stadland that releases single casks at cask strength on a very regular basis. This is a Glen Elgin from 1995 at cask strength. Deliciously fruity nose on apricots and peach, dark honey, smoldering wood and popcorn. Granny Smith apples and lemono kick in. Hint of cookie dough. Nuts. This is a liquid...

Score 86/100

Glen Elgin 30 Year Old 1986 Signatory for Flander's Finest Cask Selection

Our Flemish friends of Flander's Finest Cask Selection had also discovered this 30 years old Glen Elgin, that started its hibernation on 11 September 1986. It was bottled on 10th May 2017 and thus had slept three full decades on a hogshead. It is surprisingly pale. Wonderful nose, a bit waxy and old school, on pineapple and Seville oranges. Some...

Score 86/100