You’d almost expect Glen Garioch to be up for sale in the near future, with all these bottlings coming out last year. The same happened with Tamdhu just before Edrington sold it to Ian MacLeod.

Not that I mind since from both Tamdhu and Glen Garioch, the bottlings have been great so far! I hope they keep this up since I think Glen Garioch’s style is one we don’t get nearly enough of!

Nose:
Very slightly peaty with almost no smoke. Very spicy and herbal with pepper, some curry powder and maybe even cardamom. Also dried orange peels with some farmy hints of straw.

Taste:
Again, quite spicy and rather full bodied as well. The slight peatiness with here a hint of smoke makes it a little coarse. Peppery and a curry like spiciness as well with more farmy notes and a hint of mango.

Finish:
The finish is very dry with straw, peanut shells and wood dust. The spiciness continues on here as well with the addition of some sweet caramel fudge.

A very nice Glen Garioch. Very complex with all kinds of flavour goodies going on! I like the slight peatiness and the spice and fruit mix. Farmy notes usually do well in my books (think Brora) so that’s a straight hit.

Fun fact: Looking back on my blog I found I already had this one up, with completely different but complementary tasting notes. I gave it four stars then, I’ll stick to that.

Glen Garioch 1991-2011, The Whisky Agency, 54.4%, Ex bourbon hogshead, available at Gall & Gall Van der Book for € 93.99