Glenturret 7 Year Old Bottled 1970's

Glenturret 16 Year Old 30th Anniversary Scottish Weekend

The Scottish Weekend in Alden-Biezen (Belgium) took place for the 30th time this year. That was celebrated with a festival bottling: a 16 Year Old Glenturret. One of the 750 bottles was open at the Antwerp Whisky Festival where I scored my sample. Lemon, gooseberries, vanilla and – most of all – a truckload of caramel. That is this Glenturret’s...

Score 82/100

Glenturret 1977/2012 Maltbarn

Even though it can boast the title of being the oldest surviving distillery in Scotland, Glenturret has a slandered reputation with whisky enhusiasts. To most it is nowadays little more than a Potemkin distillery, serving as a tourist forefront to promote the Famous Grouse blend. Just an opinion by posh connoisseurs, or has this distillery truly...

Score 90/100

Glenturret Sherry Edition

The Sherry Edition from Glenturret, which saw the light of day in 2015, is comparable to the Triple Wood. The only thing lacking in the mix is the bourbon cask matured whisky – this is solely a vatting of both American and European sherry oak. Ha! Lovely nose. Baker’s spices and vanilla precede some red fruit. Mildly sweet and sour as if from...

Score 81/100

Glenturret Fly's 16 Masters Edition

A photo that was unearthed in the back of a cupboard at Scotland’s oldest working distillery earlier this year has inspired the latest release from the distillery. The picture dating from 1905 and featuring 16 stillmen, along with a collie dog that is believed to be the distillery manager’s dog at the time, has provided the inspiration for the...

Score 85/100