Glengoyne Middle Cut 1967 30 Year Old

Glengoyne 12 Year Old cask strength

As with the other Glengoyne standard distillery expressions I’ve sampled the aroma is the best part and the less said about the finish the better. It’s worth buying this malt just for the aroma though. Very hot on the palate not surprisingly given the strength so I’d recommend a little water. Nose: Toasted almonds, spices, cinnamon, caramel,...

Score 85/100

Glengoyne 21 Year Old

Nose: Extraordinary, a real lift, one of my favourite noses. I've seen it described as "punch" elsewhere, I don't understand this at all, for me it's a lovely drawn lift from the glass. Yum. Buttersctoch, fruit, booze. Mouth: Delicious and sweet. Huge up front but immediately cools, it bites your mouth then makes friends. Sherry...

Score 85/100

Glengoyne 21 Year Old

This is part of a search through written (paper) reviews and samples from (unmarked) bottles that have been looming (forgotten!) in my collection over the years. I will at the end of this series do a re-tasting of some Springbank 12 batch 5 and then do a comparison with the newly released batch number 9. But first things first, this will be my...

Score 84/100

Glengoyne The Legacy Chapter 1

With The Legacy Glengoyne launches a series of whisky’s that tells the story of the distillery. We can expect a new Chapter every year. This is the first from 2019, dedicated to Cochrane Cartwright, the distillery manager from 1869 who famously lengthened the production time to create a more fruity character, but his is probably best known for...

Score 82/100