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Whisky Magazine Issue 68
Lowland perfection - Auchentoshan - History of the cork - Premium whisky - Glenury Royal - Dewars - Makers Mark - Mash Tuns - Glenlivet - Ben Nevis - Inverleven - 40 whiskies tasted.
Published December 2007.
Whisky Magazine Issue 33
Whisky Galore - Royal Brackla - Cocktails - Burn Stewart - Chil Filtering.
Published September 2003.
Glen Garioch 10 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00%
7
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 15 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00%
7
Less robust, more rounded. It is one of those choices that depends on the mood.
Glen Garioch 1968, 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.30%
8
With its chestnut colour and highly distinctive flavours, this is a wonderfully wintery whisky.
Glen Garioch 1971
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.30%
7
The nose is more appealing than the palate. Not much complexity for such
an old whisky. Pleasant though.
Glen Garioch 1979, 24 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.10%
8
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 1986
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.40%
7
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
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00%
7
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
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00%
8
I love the peaty, burnt notes notes in this robustly malty whisky.
MWBH Glen Garioch 15 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.30%
7
A refreshing young whisky that would make a great aperitif when neat, or mixed in a classic Manhattan.
Old Masters Glen Garioch 18 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.90%
8
A rich aromatic profile and a soft texture give that whisky a sensuous feel. The perfect afterdinner dram to enjoy a moment of calm and of solitude maybe…
Signatory Glen Garioch 14 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00%
7
The cask was too tired to give roundness to that elegantly grassy malt. Alcohol needs to be tamed by water but still…