Glen Scotia 1975 29 Year Old Rum Barrel Dun Bheagan

Glen Scotia 1991 'Strawberry Ganache' Wemyss

Glen Scotia is one of three still operating distilleries in Campbeltown – once the heart of the whisky industry. Currently owned by Loch Lomond, who only put her to market as a 12 year Old, but independent releases are plentiful. Wemyss, the independent bottler that recently opened the Kingsbarns Distillery, released two similar Glen Scotia from...

Score 84/100

Glen Scotia 18 Year Old

I have always had a fascination with Campbeltown whiskies and it all started when I tasted a smashing 10 year old Springbank at a friend's place. Which is why every time I uncork an expression from that part of Scotland I am always urging it to be good. However, it is not the case with this 18 year old. An unremarkable nose greets me as we are...

Score 81/100

SMWS 93.38 - Stirs the atavistic soul

Pull up to the bumper baby! Nose: An awful lot going on here - this is not the most accessible bouquet I've come across but that's not to say I don't relish a challenge! There's an underlying sweetness with some burnt rubber. I have no idea where this whisky is from. Spice, sweetness, something medicinal but not an Islay medicine, more cough...

Score 91/100

Glen Scotia 11 Year Old 2007 Single Cask Selection Winter 2018

A young Glen Scotia that matured on a whisky cask? That sounds interesting. Distilled in 2007 and after 11 years on a Bordeaux cask it still yielded 292 bottles. This is an official release in their so-called Single Cask Selection. The nose is pretty dirty on loads of peat that wrap a smoky jacket around all kinds of red fruit. Think strawberry,...

Score 87/100