Glen Garioch 1978 18 Year Old

Glen Garioch 25 Year Old 1990 Usquebaugh Society

The Usquebaugh Society, a Dutch whiskyclub, celebrates its 25th anniversary. That has to be celebrated with a beautiful release. They chose a Glen Garioch 1990 from David Stirk of the Creative Whisky Company. It matured for no less than 25 years and was bottled at cask strength. That sounds promising. Ha! I have only just poured a dram and...

Score 87/100

Glen Garioch Virgin Oak

Virgin Oak is in. We already tried (and very much liked) the Auchentoshan Virgin Oak from the same stables. This is the first Glen Garioch that matured on completely new American oak. The nose is very sweet and spicy and immediately very pleasant. Oat flakes with brown sugar, crystallized ginger, green aniseed and mostly a pine wood plank. Pine...

Score 85/100

Glen Garioch 15 Year Old

Nose: Heather, dulce de leche, trace hints of smoke Palate: Clean palate with honey, vanilla, peat, cardamom, and what I could only assume is sherry. Finish: Medium-long finish. The peat asserts itself here with a little alcohol and vanilla. Comments: A very respectable Highland Malt. Fairly typical, which is to say good. My buddy Richard sent me...

Score 60/100

Glen Garioch 18 Year Old 1998 Adelphi

Wonderfully dark color… that’s the first thing I notice about this independently bottled Glen Garioch. Adelphi allowed it to mature for 18 years on a seemingly very active sherry hogshead. The nose is somewhat dry, if you know what I mean. Dried apricots, almond shavings, milk chocolate with pieces of dried fruit like Cadbury and furniture polish....

Score 87/100