Macphail's 1937 50 Year Old Crystal Decanter Gordon & Macphail

Glenglassaugh 1978 30 Year Old

Glenglassaugh got a new lease on life in 2009 after a silent period of almost 20 years (before that, it had even been closed for over 40 years). In 2013 Billy Walker (known from BenRiach and GlenDronach) added this Highlander to his portfolio. In the same year, this 30 Year Old was released, making sure Glenglassaugh made a nice re-entry. The...

Score 89/100

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 Blushes

Glenglassaugh, founded in 1875 and since then more closed than open, started a new life in 2008, after the Dutch energy Group Scaent bought the distillery and remaining stocks for the round sum of 5 million pounds. Only 400 casks were included in the deal, so they needed to start distilling quickly. To keep the funds flowing, they decided to...

Score 68/100

Glenglassaugh Revival

As Glenglassaugh was revived in 2008 after a hiatus of 22 years, expectations were high. The products of the old distillery were pretty much a mixed bag and due to the lack of an official bottling and the low number of independent releases only known to the connoisseurs with a larger purse. People didn't know what to expect, most of the old...

Score 76/100