Glen Garioch 1971 Samaroli

Glen Garioch 21 Year Old

Among the barley fields of Aberdeenshire lies Old Meldrum, a small town which John and Alexander Manson found ideal to built their distillery in, in 1797. Glen Garioch (say ‘glen geerie’) was purchased at the start of the 20th Century by Sanderson & Son, the makers of the famous VAT69 blend. Early ‘70s Stanley P Morrison took control before it...

Score 84/100

Glen Garioch Mystery Dram

Through Facebook, twenty bloggers worldwide were chosen to try the soon-to-be-released, unique single malt from Glen Garioch. So when I received the e-mail confirmation a few days ago, I was quite happy. Today, the box arrived, containing some chocolate, a jar of marmalade and – obviously – a sample of the new, mysterious Glen Garioch. Taking my...

Score 89/100

Glen Garioch 12 Year Old

This is a review of the new bottling, not the one with the stag, at 48%. Nose: The nose without water is a bit congested to me: powerful sweetness and woman's perfume. After adding two teasponns of water, the whisky opened up. Crème brûlée, brown sugar, pears, vanilla, overripe bananas and flowers. A previous reviewer mentionned smoke and there...

Score 84/100

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