Glen Mhor 25 Year Old Independent Bottling

Glen Mhor 1982 / 28 Year Old / Cask# 1328

Well, this is a bit of an oldie. After all, Glen Mhor was closed in 1983 and demolished a few years later. On the former site, you will find a shopping center nowadays. I have only been able to try 4 drams of this lost glory so far. Always a bit of fun, no? Liquid history… Altough… come to think of it, so far this malt from Inverness has never...

Score 88/100

Glen Mhor 1970 Campbell & Clark Ltd 1164/1166, 25 Year Old

from a purchased sample Nose: Here we are on sherry, varnished leather, roasted coffee grinds, and attending cocoa. Wax, giving a pseudo-smoky quality, and mustiness. More on chocolate with time, and there is clear jammy fruit tucked away. Cherry latrices and strawberry-rhubarb compote. This has finesse. Some fudgy maltiness, and alcoholic...

Score 91/100

Glen Mhor 1979 22 Year Old

Glen Mhor (say Glen Vawr) means Great Valley in Gaelic. She was owned by Diageo that shut it down in 1983 during its big round of closures. For production, water was taken from Loch Ness. This bottling by G&M, the best known Scottish bottler from Elgin, contains a liquid that was distilled in 1979 and bottled after 21 years. Hmmm, the nose is...

Score 78/100

Glen Mhor 1979 22 Year Old

There is not a single trace left of the Glen Mhor distillery today. After it was closed in 1983, the buildings were demolished 5 years later to make room for a shopping center. Bar this Rare Malts release from 2001, there are no official bottlings that I am aware of. I have only tried 5 independents before, with very mixed results. Oh, this is...

Score 86/100