Glen Garioch 21 Year Old

Glen Garioch 15 Year Old 1998 Wine Cask Matured

In the 1990s Morrison-Bowmore made ample use of red wine casks from Saint Julien in the Bordeaux region. Both Bowmore and – in many more cases – Auchentoshan have released some beautiful wine cask finishes on the market. It comes as no surprise that Glen Garioch would follow with 5.400 bottles of their stuff, fully matured on those casks. I wonder...

Score 85/100

Glen Garioch 1986 25 Year Old

One of the problems I have with trading samples with my fellow whisky society members is - I tend to forget about them. I mean, they're small bottles hiding in the cabinet! Then I usually find them at some point while I'm going through the inventory. But even worse is when I don't label them properly - and months later I come across it and have no...

Score 60/100

Glen Garioch 15 Year Old

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 longer featured on the new bottles. The nose is a lot grassier than recent releases. Loads of caramel and heather, but also something that reminds me...

Score 77/100

Glen Garioch 1999 Sherry Cask

This sample was provided by a friend who warned me that my first tasting would probably be "sulphury", but that if I gave the second half of the sample some time, the sulphur would dissipate. Well, here goes. Glen Garioch 1999 (14 years old) Batch no 30 56.3 % abv Sample bottled Oct 16, 2018 **First tasting (January 16, 2019):** * Nose...

Score 76/100