Glen Garioch 1990 17 Year Old Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Glen Garioch 1995

Nose : Quite spicy, some coconut, lovely wood. fresh sort of. with some candy on the nose, banana and vanilla add crème Brule. rather creamy.Very Nice banana cream becomes more evident as time goes by, or if you add a wee bit of water. I think the nose can benefit from a splash of water here. Palate: It’s like a vanilla banana popsicle we get here...

Score 89/100

Glen Garioch 15 Year Old

Difficult to get excited about, but this is a good malty highland, very soft on the palate. Easy drinking, no hard edges. Nose: Touches of peat and heather hidden in malty aromas. A slight whiff of smoke is present too. Taste: Cereal malt and sweetness dominates with some herby themes, a touch of spice and the odd sultana thrown in. Finish: Soft...

Score 88/100

Glen Garioch 17 Year Old 1998 Celebration of the Cask Black Gold

Celebration of the Cask is a series from Carn Mor (Morrison & Mackay) in which they bottle single casks at cask strength. A few years ago they added a sub range call Black Gold, reserved for sherried matured malts. They have about 16 already. This is a good example: a Glen Garioch from 1998 matured on a sherry hogshead and bottled in 2016....

Score 87/100

Glen Garioch 6 Year Old 2011 Carn Mor

Glen Garioch can be found in Old Meldrum, also known as the maltbarn of Aberdeenshire. Even today this Highlander is an important part of the famous VAT 69 blend, but it has of course a long record as a single malt as well. Let’s try a recent bottling by Carn Mor. The nose is somewhat oriental, actually. Incense and jute overpower my nostrils,...

Score 84/100