Glen Mhor 1965 Gordon Macphail

Glen Mhor 34 Year Old 1966 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

The Old Malt Cask bottlings by Douglas Laing are always 50% (or cask strength if that is less). This is the oldest Glen Mhor that I have tried so far, from 1966. A whisky from before I was born. That always has a special ring to it, no? And that colour? This is almost black! The nose, which is fairly closed, is more like a herb liqueur than a...

Score 76/100

Glen Mhor 27 Year Old 2010 Blackadder

The best way to describe Glen Mhor is as an Invernessian experiment to see how well Cairngorms’ peat mixes with Nessie’s bath water. The distillery may have been demolished a long time ago, from time to time bottles still pop up in specialist stores and online auctions. Compared to the other whiskies from Inverness: Glen Albyn and Millburn, a...

Score 81/100

Glen Mhor 1979 22 Year Old

There is not a single trace left of the Glen Mhor distillery today. After it was closed in 1983, the buildings were demolished 5 years later to make room for a shopping center. Bar this Rare Malts release from 2001, there are no official bottlings that I am aware of. I have only tried 5 independents before, with very mixed results. Oh, this is...

Score 86/100

Glen Mhor 1982 27 Year Old

Nose: grassy / flinty, with an alcohol kick and some minor fruity / honey notes. Faint hints of coconut and leather. A bit of lemon zest and menthol. A wee touch of soot. Interesting because it’s quite rough and delicately floral at the same time. Old-style. Mouth: sweet and punchy attack. Quickly turns to grassy and flinty flavours again, with a...

Score 82/100