Glen Scotia 1977 14 Year Old Cadenhead's 150th

Glen Scotia 10 Year Old / Heavily Peated

Since 1996, Glen Scotia is in the hands of Loch Lomond Company. In my opinion it is still trying to find its own identity, judging by the rate at which the packaging changes look. More than 3 times in less than a decade. Since 2017 the bottles are severe, serious and quite nice looking. But this is a bottling from 2014 – two ‘looks’ ago, so to...

Score 85/100

Glen Scotia 5yo

World Whisky Day and I’ve been deprived from whisky for 12 consecutive days, an eternity. Time to change all that, let’s delve into the sample collection and see what we can find. How about an old Glen Scotia from a time when distilleries were not afraid to market a young whisky: for example, here the Campbeltown’er is only 5 years old. ---...

Score 75/100

Glen Scotia Double Cask

Glen Scotia is a Campbeltown distillery that has always been overshadowed by Springbank - to the degree that this is the first time (as far as I can remember) I have ever tried something from them. Founded in 1832 by the Galbraith family, they have remained very small with only a single pair of stills. It is currently owned by the Loch Lomond...

Score 85/100

Glen Scotia 14 Year Old

An odd squat dark green bottle with a dodgy label, this was bottled during this distillery’s closed period which thankfully now has ended. Apparently the contents are older than the specified 14 years. A golden dram with a heady aroma rich in malted barley, some earthy peat, honey and herby elements. The taste is unusually malty and comes with a...

Score 93/100