Glengoyne 1977 29 Year Old

Glengoyne 1972 / 38 Year Old / The Perfect Dram

The Perfect Dram is an imprint of The Whisky Agency, one of the best independent bottlers active today. This one is a Glengoyne, filled in an ex-bourbon cask in 1972, matured for 38 years and bottled in 2011, yielding 165 bottles. Glengoyne was originally called Burnfoot Distillery when it was founded in 1833 by George Connell, and was renamed...

Score 89/100

Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch 2

The Teapot Dram refers to the old use of offering a dram to the workers in the distillery. Those who could not finish their dram would pour it in a copper teapot in the distillery kitchen, allowing more seasoned employees to get a refill. This second batch is a vatting of five sherry butts from 1998 and 2002 that together yielded no less than...

Score 88/100

Glengoyne 12 Year Old cask strength

This bottle was my first natural cask strength whisky. I remembered liking the Glengoyne 17yo some time ago, so some time last year I decided to track down another bottle from the distillery. I found the 12yo in a cask strength version and jumped at the chance. This review will be partly based off some tasting notes from late last year and part...

Score 85/100

Glengoyne 10 Year Old

The Glengoyne 10 yr is on first whiff a honey howitzer. The nose when served neat is pure, dense, moist honey. With a bit of water and about 15 min some distinct apple and citrus notes come out. Reminds me of when my mom mixed honey and lemon for my sore throat when I was a kid. The body comes on a bit harsher than the nose leads you to expect,...

Score 80/100