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. It has been noted that some old Glen Gariochs have a distinct exotic fruit character, a characteristic it shares with fellow Suntory stablemate Bowmore. Glen Garioch is itself no stranger to peat, with the peating level varying throughout its long lifetime. Older Glen Gariochs from the 1970s seem to be the most heavily-peated, with more recent post-Suntory whiskies being generally agreed to be fruitier and less phenolic.
