Glengoyne 14 Year Old 1997 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Glengoyne 18 Year Old

I'm Canadian. That means I have a complicated relationship with geese. As the Canadian legend goes, all the anger and hatred was sucked out of the Canadian populace and channelled into its geese in a secret ritual known only to Rick Mercer, Avril Lavigne, Sandra Oh, and Ed the Sock. The ritual worked, but it worked too well. Our geese are the most...

Score 89/100

Glengoyne 14 Year Old 1999 Malts of Scotland

The 2013 Christmas release from Malts of Scotland also contained a new Glengoyne. MoS clearly has a soft spot for Glengoyne as they have already released more than 20 single casks, of which I have been able to try six. This single cask from 1999 yielded 247 bottles. Wonderfully sweet and creamy nose. Cuberdons, yellow raisins, butterscotch and a...

Score 87/100

Glengoyne 10 Year Old

The only reason that I bought this one without the benefit of tasting it first was that this distillery in the only one in Scotland who never uses peat smoke. Others have special editions of unpeated, but one will never find peat in a Glengoyne. I started out with their affordable 10 year old at about $50 US amd frankly was not expecting much. My...

Score 86/100

Glengoyne Cask Strength Batch 1

This was not a whisky I had planned on buying. But when I was browsing a local retailer’s website, I came across a combo deal that I couldn’t pass up. 2 bottles; Glengoyne Cask Strength Batch 001 (700 ml) and Glenfarclas 105 (1L) for CAD $96? Well… um…. Yes. I’ll take it. I already knew and loved the ‘Farclas, but I was more than happy to have a...

Score 91/100