Glenglassaugh 1976 36 Year Old Aged over 30 Years

Glenglassaugh Torfa

After Billy Walker and his team took over the Glenglassaugh Distillery in 2013 (from the Scaent Group), they release three entry level malts in short succession. It started with the Revival, followed by the Evolution. This Torfa is a bit of an odd one out as it was distilled from peated barley (20 ppm). The nose is somewhat rough and reveals the...

Score 81/100

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 26 Year Old

Glenglassaugh distillery is located in Speyside, close to the town of Portsoy, and was established in 1875. The distillery was sold to Highland Distillers in 1892 and remained in their possession until 2008 (by when they had become a part of The Edrington Group). Production was stopped in 1986, arguably as a consequence of the not-so-impressive...

Score 85/100

Glenglassaugh Evolution

This is the new Glenglassaugh, with which I mean to say that it was produced under the stewardship of Stuart Nickerson and his new team. After the Glenglassaugh Revival, the first release, comes this Evolution. This whisky matured on first fill bourbon casks from Tennessee, the George Dickel distillery. The nose is not grainy or spirity as I would...

Score 85/100