Glen Garioch was founded in 1797, making it one of Scotland's oldest distilleries still in production. The distillery is situated in the Eastern Highlands in Aberdeeenshire.
Although perfectly acceptable at the normal bottling ages, Glen Garioch is renowned for its ageing potential thanks to some superlative older bottlings through the years ... Read More »
A top-quality packaging update (farewell, stags!) for this Founders Reserve Glen Garioch which has been bottled at 48% and priced very sensibly. A very welcome return to form for a distillery with enormous potential. Web-Exclusive Price!
Introduced to Glen Garioch's standard range in late 2010 this 12yo is a mix of ex-Bourbon and sherry casks and, like the other distillery bottlings since the revamp, has been bottled at a feisty 48%. A real charmer. Web-Exclusive Price!
A Secret Stills bottling from Gordon & Maphail, distilled at distillery number 6. We of course cannot tell you which distillery that is (Glen Garioch).
A cask strength Glen Garioch from the 1994 vintage, bottled from American oak barrels. This small batch release is said to combine a hint of smoke with classic Highland floral aromas.
A recently released cask strength batch from the revitalised Glen Garioch distillery, this 1991 vintage picked up five stars from Class magazine, who call it "dry...with smoky charred wood/peat and apple fruit". Sounds good to us.
A cask-strength 1990 vintage release from the previously-overlooked Glen Garioch, which is now turning heads after a successful packaging revamp. Sukhinder was very impressed with this one.
A 1986 vintage whisky from Glen Garioch, revitalised in the 2000s and now getting the recognition that it deserves. This was aged for 25 years in a refill hogshead before bottling in late 2011 by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask range.