Glendronach 1968 25 Year Old ANA Sherry Cask# 1

GlenDronach Glendronach 1995 Single Cask Tawny Port Finish

Single Cask offerings are fun. It's a high risk, high reward proposition. It's interesting how different the tasting notes and scores are. I've seen this particular whisky scored between 82 and 90 points. Of course, this shouldn't be surprising coming from different reviewers, and especially with single cask offerings from different casks. What's...

Score 90/100

GlenDronach Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 4

Glendronach has inspired a cult following in the last ten years or so. I've known about it for at least twenty years, but not because I'm some hipster who's "ahead of the curve" or who "knew it before it was cool". No, my Glendronach story is much simpler. My wife's grandfather always has a bottle of Glendronach 12 Year Old at...

Score 87/100

GlenDronach 21 Year Old 1989 PX Sherry Puncheon

In august 2011 GlenDronach launched no less than 6 new single casks at cask strength. The youngest is a 17 Year Old oloroso sherry butt from 1994, the oldest a 40 Year Old Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon from 1971. This 21 Year Old, a PX sherry puncheon that was put to rest on 7 December 1989, yielded 618 bottles of the cough syrup colored liquid. I...

Score 85/100

Glendronach 12 Year Old - Original Double Cask

When I reviewed The Glendronach 12 last year I mentioned that the bottle appeared to be tainted. There was a weird, burnt plastic taste that was quite repulsive. After a week opened, thanks to oxidation, the whisky settled substantially. However, the burnt plastic flavor still remained in the background. But, I knew that it deserved a second...

Score 86/100