Glen Garioch Distillery

Old Meldrum
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 0ES
Scotland

Telephone: 01651 873 450
Fax: 01651 873 451
Web: http://www.morrisonbowmore.co.uk

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Whiskies from 'Glen Garioch Distillery'

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• Glen Garioch 10 Years Old

I have always enjoyed Glen Garioch as one of the few peaty whiskies still made in the Highlands. I hope this peaty character does not totally vanish.

• Glen Garioch 12 Years Old, National Trust for Scotland bottling

Approachable and enjoyable, but a little mild-mannered for me. Bring back the peat…please!

• Glen Garioch 15 Years Old

Less robust, more rounded. It is one of those choices that depends on the mood.

• Glen Garioch 1968, 29 Years Old

With its chestnut colour and highly distinctive flavours, this is a wonderfully wintery whisky.

• Glen Garioch 1979, 24 Years Old

Some Glen Garioch are sometimes dismissed on account of their 'tartan and stag' packaging, but this is a serious whisky and deserves to be treated as such.

• Glen Garioch 1985, 16 Years Old, Sherry Butt

I have always had a quiet fancy for this malt. It has a lot character: demonstrated here in the way it stands up to such heavy sherry.

• Glen Garioch 1986

A big, robust whisky from the days when Glen Garioch made its own peated malt. I love the idea of a smoky whisky from the edge of Speyside, but I find this slightly astringent.

• Glen Garioch 21 Years Old

A very sophisticated bottling. Perfect after a fine dinner.

• Glen Garioch 21 Years Old

A reminder that a distillery with its own maltings gains a layer of character. So long as the maltings is working.

• Glen Garioch 8 Years Old

I love the peaty, burnt notes notes in this robustly malty whisky.

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Articles about 'Glen Garioch'

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• Join the debate

  Email the team editorial@whiskymag.com.
  Found in issue 68 (forum)

• A special corner (South and East Highlands)

  The region known as The Highlands covers a huge and disparate area. So in this area we focus just on the South and East part of the region.
  Found in issue 65 (Regional Focus)

• Comfy Bumpkin

  London’s newest gastro-pub has created a relaxing,home from home atmosphere where drinkers can feel comfortable experimenting with whisky,as Kate Ennis discovers.
  Found in issue 61 (Whisky Spotlight)

• Spirits rising

  There’s a real sense of purpose on Speyside at the moment, reflected by its rapidly developing Spirit of Speyside Festival. Dominic Roskrow reports.
  Found in issue 56 (Whisky events)

• Whisky on line

  Fans of Bowmore.
  Found in issue 55 (Whisky news)

• A slice of paradise

  We recently asked for nominations for our ‘great whisky bars of the world’ award. On the opposite page is the list of the first recipients. Here Damian Riley Smith reports on one of the best.
  Found in issue 53 (Great whisky bars)

• Worth a visit?

  It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago public access to a distillery was rare. Now many offer tours or tastings and they’re becoming increasingly sophisticated. Dominic Roskrow reports.
  Found in issue 47 (Distilling Visits)

• Travelling in style

  Joe Bates provides a guide to the best duty free purchases and looks at the best stores to buy from. This issue: World of Whiskies.
  Found in issue 46 (Duty Free)

• The best Scotch malts in the world

  Compiling a top 90 best Scottish malts list is as ambitious a project as this magazine has ever undertook. Dominic Roskrowdescribes how it was done.
  Found in issue 39 (Best of the Best)

• Scotch Mist

  What is it with whisky and clichéd images of Scotland? Richard Jones starts the fightback….
  Found in issue 33 (Whisky image)

• Sweet fruits of labour

  Martine Nouet finds good use for the harvests of summer, combined with whisky.
  Found in issue 32 (Whisky and Food)

• Sights set high in the Lowlands (Auchentoshan)

  Ian Buxton provides a rare insight into a Lowland distillery not currently open to the public – Auchentoshan.
  Found in issue 28 (Distillery Focus)

• A new dawn for Bowmore (Brian Morrison)

  After 38 years in whisky, Brian Morrison, managing director of Morrison Bowmore Distillers, is retiring from his executie position to become Joint Chairman. He reminisces with Charles Maclean.
  Found in issue 21 (Whisky People)

• A midsummer night's dreeam

  Martine Nouet finds whiskies that lend themselves to teh warm, care free days of summer and creates a refreshing menu to accompany them.
  Found in issue 16 (Whisky and Food)

• Super fly

  Kate Pierrepont tested the waters with some of Scotland's finest fishermen..
  Found in issue 11 (Whisky and Sport)

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