Glen Albyn 1981 29 Year Old Cask #50 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Glen Albyn 1975 26 Year Old

Nose: grassy nose with a big peppery kick. It seems harsh at first, and quite closed, but there are pleasant fruity / flowery notes. Mint and lemon. Straightforward oak. A hint of soap but it gets away with it. Mouth: firm but rather malty and mineral. Clean oak, grains, grass and a faint fruity note that’s difficult to define. Overall rather...

Score 79/100

Glen Albyn 26 Year Old 1974 Signatory

Did you know that Albyn is taken from Alba or Albion, the old name for Scotland? During WWI, the distillery was used by the British navy and they even made some sea mines here. The distillery was closed in 1983 and demolished in 1988. So this is liquid history. This is an old dumpy bottle from Signatory. Grassy and metallic on the nose. Something...

Score 71/100

Glen Albyn 1975 26 Year Old

Glen Albyn distillery was founded in 1844 by James Sutherland who was a provost in Inverness. Production started in 1846 but in 1855 the distillery was put up for sale and, as there were no buyers, was eventually converted into a flour mill. In 1884 it was rebuilt by the new owners Gregory & Co., however whisky production did not start again...

Score 85/100

Glen Albyn 20 Year Old 1977 Signatory

Single malt from Glen Albyn wil not be found in official bottlings. The last semi-official bottling dates back to 2002 in Diageo’s Rare Malts Selection. But you can find some independent bottles left and right. I will put three Glen Albyn next to each other, all three bottled by Andrew Symington’s company Signatory. I will start with this Glen...

Score 69/100