Glenglassaugh 13yo 2011/2024

Glenglassaugh 13yo 2011/2024

Soho Selection, Milroy’s of Soho
Single malt - Speyside
Dark amber red
52.8% ABV
Dram

Nose: Raisins, orange peel, white pepper, cloves, raspberries, hints of smoke, hints of wet stones. With water, orange peel, raspberries, wet stones, raisins. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, loosens, tingly, expands. 
Tasting:  Sweet salty. Orange peel, cashew nuts, white pepper, smoke, cloves, malted grains, raspberries, hints of sea salt. With water, cashew nuts, raisins, orange peel, white pepper. 
Finish: Medium. Cream, wet stones, orange peel, malted grains. 

Comments: 

Cask 11. Sweetly sherried, lots of nutty fruity notes, with some fragrant smoke. There’s some flintiness especially on the finish, adding to what is already an amazingly complex whisky. Utterly delicious.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.

Glenglassaugh 12yo Soho Selection

Glenglassaugh 12yo Soho Selection

Soho Selection, Milroy’s of Soho
Single malt - Speyside
Dark amber
55.3% ABV
Dram

Nose: Chocolate, raisins, cloves, cream, vanilla, cinnamon, brown paper, black tea. With water, cream, sourdough bread, chocolate, hazelnuts. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, volatile, loosens, tingly. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Cream, vanilla, honey, chocolate, dates, raisins, cinnamon, oats. With water, cream, chocolate, hazelnuts, honey. 
Finish: Long. Cinnamon, oats, cloves, cream. 

Comments: 

Tastes like Nutella, but also with plenty of malt and cereal. Water brings the cereal to the fore, the chocolate recedes and it tastes more like hazelnuts too. A good, seasonal sherried dram.

Verdict:

I like this a lot. 

Glenglassaugh 25yo 1984/2009

Glenglassaugh 25yo 1984/2009

Old Malt Cask, Douglas Laing
Single malt - Speyside 
Amber orange
50% ABV
Dram

Nose: Damson jam, black tea, candied oranges, cocoa nibs, milk chocolate, hay, honey, hints of toffee. With water, milk chocolate, butterscotch, hay, honey. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, astringent, hot, tingly. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Damson jam, black tea, raspberry jam, candied oranges, maraschino cherries, pencil erasers, cloves, hints of milk chocolate. With water, black tea, honey, maraschino cherries, butterscotch. 
Finish: Long. Candied oranges, milk chocolate, maraschino cherries, hay, cloves. 

Comments: 

Lovely old classic mid-80s sherried Speyside. Some feinty flinty notes marry well with fruit and jam and chocolate. I enjoyed this, it’s not often anymore I can get hold of these OMC bottles. 

Verdict:

I like this a lot. 

Glenglassaugh 30yo (bottled 2019)

Glenglassaugh 30yo (bottled 2019)

Official bottling 
Single malt - Speyside
Amber
42% ABV
Dram

Nose: Red grapes, red wine, damson jam, sandalwood, oak, honeysuckle, honey, bitter orange. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, expands, slippery, slightly tingly. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Oak, raisins, honeysuckle, bitter orange, damson jam, black pepper, black tea, red grapes, hints of leather. 
Finish: Long. Black tea, damson jam, black pepper, raisins, hints of dark chocolate. 

Comments: 

Quite a classic old sherried dram. Spicy edges of black pepper perk it up a bit, and the jammy chocolatey notes are comforting. A very good nose that’s quite alluring, even if on the tongue it doesn’t quite live up to the promise.

Verdict:

I like this a lot. 

Glenglassaugh Octaves Classic Batch 2

Glenglassaugh Octaves Classic Batch 2

Official bottling
Single malt - Speyside 
Amber, hints of red
44% ABV
Dram

Nose: Dried cranberries, chocolate, honey cake, vanilla, red grapes, hints of pomegranate molasses. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, static, cool, tingly. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Honey cake, pomegranate molasses, orange peel, chocolate, hints of coffee, hints of walnuts. 
Finish: Long. Black tea, orange peel, coffee, walnuts, dried cranberries. 

Comments: 

Sweet, fruity and luscious Glenglassaugh. Lots of sherried influence here, I enjoyed it, but thought that the wood masked the spirit. Can’t quite tell if the underlying whisky was good, bad or indifferent. But it was probably good. 

Verdict:

I like this.

Glenglassaugh Peated Virgin Oak

Glenglassaugh Peated Virgin Oak

Official bottling
Single malt - Speyside
Burnished pine
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Leather, tobacco leaf, prunes, fresh cut grass, hints of raisins. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, slippery, tingly, mouth coating. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. Walnuts, leather, raisins, prunes, honey, hints of black tea. 
Finish: Medium. Black tea, leather, grapefruit, white grapes. 

Comments: 

Another whisky from the resurrected Glenglassaugh distillery. This one is gentle, slightly leathery, with nice tannic notes on the tongue and finish. Very enjoyable, but I can't wait to taste the aged stuff.

Verdict:

I like this.

Glenglassaugh Peated Port Wood

Glenglassaugh Peated Port Wood

Official bottling
Single malt - Speyside
Mahogany red
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Raisins, peat, soy sauce, sea salt, apple juice, driftwood smoke. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, thickens slightly, oily, slippery. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. Red grapes, apple juice, pears, peat, hints of driftwood smoke. 
Finish: Medium. Apple juice, raisins, rhubarb and custard sweets, hints of soy sauce. 

Comments: 

Port and peat don't always mix, but here they do! This whisky is luscious and complex, lots of savoury notes offset those sweet fruity estery flavours that come from the port. It's a wine bomb whisky with a difference.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.

Glenglassaugh Revival

Glenglassaugh Revival

Official bottling 
Single malt - Speyside
Dark gold
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Apples, honey, sherry, salt caramel, walnut.
Mouthfeel: Medium body, turns light, airy, loose.
Tasting: Sweet. Honey, apples, cotton candy, salt caramel, walnuts, hints of bread.
Finish: Long. Salt caramel, bread, honey, apples.

Comments:

Revival indeed - the first whisky released from Glenglassaugh distillery after its resurrection from the dead in 2008. It's so easy drinking and pleasant that I am reminded of the Corpse Reviver cocktail - hair of the dog, made from gin, lemon juice, triple sec, Lillet and absinthe. Good as that is, this is better. As a hangover cure, since good whisky never gave anyone hangovers...

Verdict:

I like this a lot.

SMWS 21.27 (Glenglassaugh 39 yo 1972/2012)

SMWS 21.27 (Glenglassaugh 39 yo 1972/2012)

2012, SMWS
Single malt - Speyside
Cough syrup
46.7% ABV
Dram

Nose: Tobacco leaf, plums, pineapples, coffee, raisins, black tea. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, thick, sticky, chewy.
Tasting: Sweet salty. Tobacco leaf, raisins, plums, coffee, chocolate, black tea, hints of maple syrup. 
Finish: Long. Tobacco leaf, raisins, coffee, chocolate. 

Comments: 

Gentle, yet complex and flavourful. This whisky is of great age, but wears it lightly. There are many, many layers in here, and it rewards quiet contemplation and time enough to allow it to develop fully.


Verdict:

I like this a lot.
 

Glenglassaugh Fledgeling XB

Glenglassaugh Fledgeling XB

Official bottling
Single malt - Speyside
Very pale gold
50% ABV
Dram

Nose: Bananas, white wine, wheat, orange peel. With water, more wheat, hay.

Mouthfeel: Light body, watery, smooth, tingly.

Tasting: Sour. Oranges, bananas, wheat, hints of vanilla. With water, grassy, hay. 

Finish: Medium. Bananas, vanilla, orange peel. 

Comments: 

Not really whisky yet of course, this is just 1 year aged spirit. But quite fragrant and pleasant for all that. Good tangy flavours, strong hint of banana (like bourbon) with some nice orange peel in the background. Takes a little water, opens up and becomes quite grassy, slightly sweeter perhaps.

Verdict:  

I like this.