Glen Garioch 8 Year Old Bottled 1980's 75cl

Glen Garioch Dumpy Bottle

I will finish up my series of Glen Garioch with a special one. This is an old Glen Garioch, from the 70s of the previous century, bottled for the Italian importer Lemar from Bologna. It is bottled in what we call a brown dumpy bottle. Only 8 years old and something of a cult whisky. The nose is not completely devoid of OBE. Not uncommon after more...

Score 82/100

Glen Garioch 6 Year Old 2011 Carn Mor

Glen Garioch can be found in Old Meldrum, also known as the maltbarn of Aberdeenshire. Even today this Highlander is an important part of the famous VAT 69 blend, but it has of course a long record as a single malt as well. Let’s try a recent bottling by Carn Mor. The nose is somewhat oriental, actually. Incense and jute overpower my nostrils,...

Score 84/100

Glen Garioch 21 Year Old 1990 Archives

With only 5 Glen Garioch under my belt (including two rather special ones: the 1971 by Samaroli that is still in my personal top ten, and the 46 Year Old from 1958 that I tasted during my trip to Scotland in 2011), I can hardly claim being knowledgeable about Glen Garioch. For me, this Highlander is hit & miss. I wonder what this one will mean...

Score 82/100

Glen Garioch 10 Year Old 2011 Brachadair

It's been way too long since I tasted anything of this great Belgian bottler, but when I met him at Maltclan, Patrick filled some sample bottles for me with a lot of gusto. One of them contained this 10-year-old Glen Garioch (distilled in May 2011 and bottled in April 2022, so only a month younger than 11 years), which I will put on the lips with...

Score 85/100