Glendronach 18 Year Old 1993 Cask #574

Glendronach 12 Year Old - Original Double Cask

Glendronach was acquired by the BenRiach owners in the summer of 2008. To make that clear to consumers, they 'updated' the name to GlenDronach (with a capital D). And while Glendronach was one of the top 5 selling single malts some 40 years ago, the distillery struggled the last few decennia. In 1996 the distillery was even mothballed for 6 years....

Score 84/100

Glendronach 12 Year Old Original

We continue our journey in GlenDronach land, with the lovely 12 year old which is i’ve learned to know is a favourite of many GlenDronach fans. Matured in a combination of PX (Pedro Ximenez) and Oloroso Sherry Casks, this whisky is the entry level GlenDronach (if we don’t take into account the younger Octarine reviewed last year). This expression...

Score 87/100

GlenDronach 16 Year Old Platinum

This might be the fanciest looking GlenDronach bottle I’ve seen! Here’s the Platinum, a 16 year old Oloroso matured ‘Dronach made first for South Africa, then apparently made available in Germany. Not only did they give this a fancy, shiny, embossed label, they were also nice enough to bump the abv up to 48%. Wasn’t that nice of them? Nose: Rich...

Score 87/100

Glendronach Peated

BenRiach already has quite a few peated expressions and a few years ago there was a Glenglassaugh Torfa. So it comes as no surprise that Billy Walker and his team decided to release a peated version of GlenDronach. This distillery is best known for their sherry matured whisky, but this young GlenDronach matured on bourbon casks and then got a...

Score 81/100