Glen Scotia 1975 28 Year Old Murray McDavid Mission

Glen Scotia 1992/2012 Malts of Scotland

This 20 Year Old was bottled by the German indie Malts of Scotland. It is not their first Glen Scotia. They bottled a 1992 before, also from a sherry cask. I would not be surprised if they were similar. This one is very dark, like cough syrup. On the nose, this is a sherry monster: loads of dark fruit like prunes, raisins, dades and figs. Very...

Score 85/100

Glen Scotia 16 Year Old

Often in the shadow of its neighbour Springbank, Glen Scotia is the only other autonomous Campbeltown distillery. I tried one indie expression years ago which was largely forgettable. However, this is from their new revamped line-up. Natural Colour and non chill-filtered - just as it should be. This definitely needs to breathe so I've left my...

Score 90/100

SMWS 93.38 - Stirs the atavistic soul

Reading my notes back for this whisky, I'm convinced its one of those bottles that a) you would never expect, b) would probably never choose to taste based on your own notes, and c) you're so glad exists once you've tried it. This was bottle number 2 in the SMWS' May "flight" (4 samples of whisky from their May out-turn). I'm just going...

Score 80/100

Glen Scotia 13 Year Old 2005 Single Cask Selection #17/413-2

I am happy to put two sister cask from Glen Scotia head-to-head: cask #17/413-2 against cask #17/413-8, both put to sleep in 2005 and both bottled in 2019. The first is a Tawny Port Hogshead that yielded 299 bottles, the second an oloroso sherry cask that yielded 328 bottles. Both were bottled at cask strength. Let’s start with the port cask. Oh,...

Score 87/100