Secret Stills 6.4 Glen Garioch 1988 Gordon & Macphail Secret Stills

Glen Garioch 15 Year Old

This 15 Year Old is no longer part of the core range since the overhaul of the brand in 2009. This is a somewhat older bottling at drinking strength. The label still shows the proud stag, which is no longer featured on the new bottles. The nose is a lot grassier than recent releases. Loads of caramel and heather, but also something that reminds me...

Score 77/100

Glen Garioch 30 Year Old 1978

This Glen Garioch is no less than 30 years old and thus produced in the old style, meaning I am expecting peat. It comes in a beautiful box and commands around 500 EUR. Surprisingly high alcohol percentage for such and oldie, if you ask me. It matured on bourbon casks. The nose starts off pretty closed, but when warmed by hand it turns into a...

Score 87/100

Glen Garioch 10 Year Old 2011 Brachadair

It's been way too long since I tasted anything of this great Belgian bottler, but when I met him at Maltclan, Patrick filled some sample bottles for me with a lot of gusto. One of them contained this 10-year-old Glen Garioch (distilled in May 2011 and bottled in April 2022, so only a month younger than 11 years), which I will put on the lips with...

Score 85/100

Glen Garioch 1995

I took a sample at the Spirits in the Sky festival of this new vintage from Glen Garioch. It is the 1995, bottled at cask strength. The nose starts off honeysweet and minerally. Flints, citrus and some camphor. Quite creamy on beeswax. Hints of nuts and nougat. Coconut and sweet barley. Something sourish like yoghurt. Nice. It is oily and spicy....

Score 83/100