Glen Scotia 1974 30 Year Old Rum Cask #990 Ian Macleod Chieftain

Glen Scotia 15 Year Old

This Glen Scotia comes in the new, very nice bottle (a welcome change from the weird bottles with the psychedelic colors and cows) and was bottle at drinking strength in 2015. It matured in American Oak barrels with a sherry finish for about 6 months. It is surprisingly dark. OMG, what a grand nose this is! Loads of toffee and soft spices, but...

Score 88/100

SMWS 93.38 - Stirs the atavistic soul

Reading my notes back for this whisky, I'm convinced its one of those bottles that a) you would never expect, b) would probably never choose to taste based on your own notes, and c) you're so glad exists once you've tried it. This was bottle number 2 in the SMWS' May "flight" (4 samples of whisky from their May out-turn). I'm just going...

Score 80/100

Glen Scotia 15 Year Old 2003 Campbeltown Malts Festival 2019

I guess every whisky region by now has its own festival right? So, hence also does Campbeltown. This year will be very different, but last year Glen Scotia released this 15 years old malt – at cask strength – finished on rum casks for 8 months. Impressive nose with the typical dirty edges of Glen Scotia on the one hand, but on the other lovely,...

Score 88/100

Glen Scotia 11 Year Old 2008 Single Cask Selection #18/353-1

Here we have a single cask of Glen Scotia that was put to sleep in 2018, albeit a first fill port cask. So I expect this to be all about red fruit with a dirty edge. Let’s see if Glen Scotia can fulfil that expectation. It was released in the ‘Spring 2019’ series. Stop the press! This is a grand nose! Lovely mix of dark red fruit, peat and...

Score 88/100