Glenglassaugh 1976 35 Year Old The Chosen Few

Glenglassaugh 36 Year Old 1978

Glenglassaugh has been seriously busy with bottling single casks in their Rare Cask Releases since 2014. This is one of those, bottled for the Belgian bottler The Nectar. It was a sherry cask that yielded 337 bottles. It has a nice dark color and was bottled at 47,6% ABV. I think I am in for a treat. Boy, what a succulent nose! Dried oranges,...

Score 91/100

Glenglassaugh 29 Year Old 1976 AD Rattray

The story of the ressurection of this distillery can be read in full detail in the well researched book ‘Glenglassaugh: A Distillery Reborn’ from Ian Buxton. I got it as a gift from Ronnie Routlegde from Glenglassaugh as a token of appreciation after publishing my video rambling on the Evolution. I read it in one swift session. And what better to...

Score 85/100

Glenglassaugh 1978 27 Year Old Artist Edition

I visited the Whisky Fair in Limburg for the very first time in 2018. What a blast, indeed. And every self-respecting festival has its own bottling. Whisky Fair has several each year and this is one of them, albeit from many years ago. This Glenglassaugh – with a gorgeous label, I might add – was launched in 2009. The whisky had matured for 27...

Score 86/100

Glenglassaugh - The Spirit Drink That Dare Not Speak Its Name

The Glenglassaugh Distillery was originally built in 1875 and produced a fruity whisky that was mostly used for blends like The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark – until, in November 1986, the distillery closed. It took twenty years, until 2008, before the distillery got a new owner: the Dutch Scaent Group from Amsterdam. The likeable Stuart Nickerson...

Score 80/100