Glen Scotia 1966 27 Year Old Signatory

SMWS 93.38 - Stirs the atavistic soul

Pull up to the bumper baby! Nose: An awful lot going on here - this is not the most accessible bouquet I've come across but that's not to say I don't relish a challenge! There's an underlying sweetness with some burnt rubber. I have no idea where this whisky is from. Spice, sweetness, something medicinal but not an Islay medicine, more cough...

Score 91/100

Glen Scotia 10 Year Old 2008 Single Cask Selection #465

A single cask Glen Scotia – first fill bourbon barrel 465 – that was released as ‘Spring 2019’. Let’s get to work! The nose is a veritable liquid candy! Unrefined sugar. Vanilla like there’s not tomorrow, but also quite a bit of lime and apricots. Remember those apricot flavored Superman logos? Then a fresh bouquet of flowers and molded wood. Not...

Score 85/100

Glen Scotia 11 Year Old 2007 Single Cask Selection Winter 2018

A young Glen Scotia that matured on a whisky cask? That sounds interesting. Distilled in 2007 and after 11 years on a Bordeaux cask it still yielded 292 bottles. This is an official release in their so-called Single Cask Selection. The nose is pretty dirty on loads of peat that wrap a smoky jacket around all kinds of red fruit. Think strawberry,...

Score 87/100

Glen Scotia 16 Year Old

This cambeltown expression is aged 16 yrs in ex-bourbon casks. THe nose is lively with lemon zest, honey and oak. In the mouth it is slightly oily, lemons come through now stronger upfront fading to spicy dried apricot, oak & pepper. A medium finish that is lively with pepper and spice leaving a warmer honeyed glow on the tongue. It does well...

Score 82/100