Glen Keith 1989 22 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland

Glen Keith 17 Year Old 1997 Chapter 7

Glen Keith rarely disappoints. This bottling by the Swiss company Chapter 7 is a very pale Glen Keith from 1997. The cask yielded 309 bottles, which I find quite a lot. The nose is fresh and… a little strange. As expected, I got some white fruit and gooseberries, soft honey and some coconut, but it has a strange edge that makes it quite young, but...

Score 78/100

Glen Keith 40 Year Old Malts of Scotland

Glen Keith’s official bottles are few and, like the 10 Year Old, rather uninteresting. The stocks are still being used for Passport, Chivas Regal and 100 Pipers. The real gems – and Glen Keith has more than its fair share of those – are to be found with the Indies. This 40 Year Old from 1970 (my year of birth!) could well be one of those. KaBOOM!...

Score 94/100

Glen Keith 22 Year Old 1995 Lads of Lobland

This is the 8th and final release in the Lads of Lobland series by the Belgian Bring Your Own Bottle Club – or BYOB-C (‘biopsy’). It was bottled in collaboration with Liquid Art. They chose a Speysider: Glen Keith 1995, matured for no less than 22 years. The nose is quite atypical, because very herbal. At first I get plant roots, parsley, sage and...

Score 84/100

Glen Keith 20 Year Old 1993 Douglas Laing Old Particular

Glen Keith has always been very good to me. The distillery reopened very recently, but whether that new spirit will also be launched as single malt is anyone’s guess. Chivas Brothers play their cards close to their chest. So we will settle for this 20 Year Old from Douglas Laing. Wonderful nose that reminds me of warm apple pie. But there is more...

Score 86/100