Glen Garioch 1986 16 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 Cadenhead's Cask Ends 1991 21 Year Old 20cl

One of the most elegant, luxurious whisky rooms in Scotland has got to be the Tasting Room at the back of the Cadenhead's store in Campbeltown. Besides the myriad bottles lining the wall, there are also small casks with taps, allowing you to bottle your own; and a shelf of bottles with simple white labels, not otherwise available at retail. They...

Score 67/100

Glen Garioch Founders Reserve

This is a fairly decent and cost efficient whisky. Glen Garioch does have a semi-limited line here in Canada and is not very well known (Fun Fact-Though it looks like it should be pronounced Glen Gar-ee-ok, it is properly pronounced Glen Gee-ree). N:A basket of apples, honey and caramel. Vanilla makes it's presence known. Light spice evolves in...

Score 60/100

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