Glen Garioch 1970 27 Year Old

Glen Garioch 1797 Founders Reserve

The Glen Garioch 1797 Founder's Reserve is the entry level malt, without age statement, of this Highland Distillery. It was, as the name suggests, founded in 1797 in Old Meldrum. Since 1984 the distillery is in the hands of Suntory, who owns Morrison-Bowmore (which, besides this distillery, also run Bowmore and Auchentoshan). The powerful nose is...

Score 81/100

Glen Garioch 12 Year Old

This new (sorta) Glen Garioch 12 Year Old is bottled at a strength of 48% and has a nice full golden colour. The nose reveals a lot of malt, orchard fruit (apples and pears) and gooseberries, but als osome crème brulée and a clear hint of smoke. This reminds me of some old blends. Of good quality, of course. It is fairly creamy and spicy on the...

Score 83/100

Glen Garioch 18 Year Old 1998 Adelphi

Wonderfully dark color… that’s the first thing I notice about this independently bottled Glen Garioch. Adelphi allowed it to mature for 18 years on a seemingly very active sherry hogshead. The nose is somewhat dry, if you know what I mean. Dried apricots, almond shavings, milk chocolate with pieces of dried fruit like Cadbury and furniture polish....

Score 87/100

Glen Garioch 22 Year Old 1990 Kintra

While Erik Molenaar steadily continues to distill his own spirits at his Wagging Finger distillery, his company Kintra still bottles whisky and rum. This is a Glen Garioch that he released a couple of years ago, but of which I only just now was able to secure a sample. Ooh, this is a very aromatic nose full of banana, papaya, melon, demerara...

Score 86/100