Glen Elgin 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s 75cl

Glen Elgin 13 Year Old 2000 Spirit of Scotland

Glen Elgin can be found – as the name suggest – near the city of Elgin in Speyside. Together with Mannochmore and Glenlossie, it’s an integral part of the blend White Horse. There are hardly any official releases and the core range consists of only the rather boring Glen Elgin 12 Year Old which can be purchased for less than 40 EUR. I will,...

Score 85/100

Glen Elgin 1996 13yo Signatory UCF virgin oak barrel 2339

Glen Elgin’s Speyside distillery had quite a difficult start, with problems from the very start. It was the last distillery to be built in Speyside before the infamous Pattison Crash. After that episode it closed again several times: during WWII, in 1992 and 1995. Today, Glen Elgin is paret of Diageo’s ‘Elgin Group’, together with Linkwood,...

Score 84/100

Glen Elgin 1990 / 22 Year Old / Cask #7874+6 / Signatory

This Glen Elgin, released in a beautiful decanter by Signatory in their famous Cask Strength series, was distilled on 29th November 1990 and bottled on 23rd October 2013. So it is one month shy of being 23 years old. Nowadays, Glen Elgin is still one of the most important suppliers for the White Horse blend, just saying. Light yet delicious nose...

Score 85/100

Glen Elgin 12 Year Old

Glen Elgin 12 years old gave me mixed emotions. For me it feels like a sequel to something more full. That's why it was easy to make a reference to Kill Bill. Kill Bill vol. 2 wasn't completely bad but comparing it to vol. 1 it is like a teenager trying to fight with a contender. Kill Bill vol. 2 was meant to be deep and it kinda tripped into it's...

Score 78/100