Glen Keith 1968 31 Year Old Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Glen Keith 49 Year Old 1968 Gordon & Macphail Exclusive for Whisky Warehouse

This is the oldest Glen Keith I have ever tried. Distilled on 29th October 1968 and bottled on 1st May 2018 in only 42 individually numbered decanter that – together with a signed certificate – come in a beautiful wooden chest. Cost? Around 3.000 EUR. Best of all: bottled exclusively for Whisky Warehouse Belgium. Chances are this is one of those...

Score 90/100

Glen Keith 1992/2014 21 Year Old Signatory

Glen Keith distillery was founded in 1957 by Chivas Brothers who also owned the nearby Strathisla distillery. When it opened in 1958 it was the first new distillery to open in Speyside since the great whisky crash of 1898. In 1970, two more stills were added when production was switched to double distillation; the new stills were a novelty as they...

Score 86/100

Glen Keith 40 Year Old Malts of Scotland

Glen Keith’s official bottles are few and, like the 10 Year Old, rather uninteresting. The stocks are still being used for Passport, Chivas Regal and 100 Pipers. The real gems – and Glen Keith has more than its fair share of those – are to be found with the Indies. This 40 Year Old from 1970 (my year of birth!) could well be one of those. KaBOOM!...

Score 94/100

Glen Keith 18 Year Old 1998 Maltman

Glen Keith has recently been reopened by owners Chivas Brothers (in favour of Imperial that will thus remain closed). Perhaps in the (distant) future we will be able to enjoy some new expressions of this single malt then. This is still old stuff (well, sorta), bottled by the Meadowside Belding Company. The nose is pretty malty and soft with dried...

Score 86/100