Glen Garioch 16 Year Old 1992 Cask 4534 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Glen Garioch 21 Year Old 1990 Archives

With only 5 Glen Garioch under my belt (including two rather special ones: the 1971 by Samaroli that is still in my personal top ten, and the 46 Year Old from 1958 that I tasted during my trip to Scotland in 2011), I can hardly claim being knowledgeable about Glen Garioch. For me, this Highlander is hit & miss. I wonder what this one will mean...

Score 82/100

Glen Garioch 1797 Founders Reserve

This is one of the most controversal whiskies I've tried so far. It has some interesting and powerfull flavours (due to high ABV 48%) and quite bad behaved young spirit at the same time. Nose: initially rubber, pastry, spice; over time toffee, sultanas, some citrus, butter, ripe apple, heather. Quite complex nose, developing different flsvours...

Score 81/100

Glen Garioch Founders Reserve

This is a fairly decent and cost efficient whisky. Glen Garioch does have a semi-limited line here in Canada and is not very well known (Fun Fact-Though it looks like it should be pronounced Glen Gar-ee-ok, it is properly pronounced Glen Gee-ree). N:A basket of apples, honey and caramel. Vanilla makes it's presence known. Light spice evolves in...

Score 60/100

Glen Garioch 15 Year Old 1998 Wine Cask Matured

In the 1990s Morrison-Bowmore made ample use of red wine casks from Saint Julien in the Bordeaux region. Both Bowmore and – in many more cases – Auchentoshan have released some beautiful wine cask finishes on the market. It comes as no surprise that Glen Garioch would follow with 5.400 bottles of their stuff, fully matured on those casks. I wonder...

Score 85/100