Glentauchers 16 Year Old 1991 Gordon & MacPhail

Glentauchers 18 Year Old 1996 Highland Laird

Glentauchers is not exactly a beautiful distillery. The home of the famous Black & White is a veritable factory that produces bulk malt for the blenders. It can easily be found with independent bottlers, though. This week I will put three head-to-head, all of the 18 years old and at cask strength. Let’s start with this one from Bartel...

Score 84/100

Glentauchers 10 Year Old 2009 Asta Morris

I’ve heard people pronounce the name of this distillery in many different ways, but apparently ‘Glen-toch-ers’ is the only correct one. It was founded near Keith, in the heart of Speyside, in 1897 by James Buchanan, the man who would become world famous for his Black & White blend. Currently owned by Chivas, they use it for their own blends as...

Score 88/100

Glentauchers 11 Year Old 1998 Creative Whisky Company

Glentauchers is another one of those unknown distilleries. A lot has to do with the fact that, bar two, there are no official bottling. All production was destined for blends. If you want to taste this malt, you will have to look at independent bottlers. The Creative Whisky Company of David Stirk is one of those. He marketed this 11 Year Old...

Score 82/100

Glentauchers 38 Year Old 1976 Cadenhead

For my 20th encounter with Glentauchers, I will also taste the eldest I have ever tried. This one was distilled in 1976 and bottled five years ago by Cadenhead. It’s fair to say that Glentauchers is a bit of a noble unknown, which has everything to do with the fact that it is actually a blender’s malt, to be found in Ballentine’s, Chivas Regal,...

Score 90/100