Archive For The “Glengoyne” Category
From time to time, you can find a one off special bottling, being either a special cask or a finish, coming from the distillery. Today’s expression is just one of those, from Glengoyne and tomorrow we’ll taste a special 10 year old Aberlour, finished in a sherry cask. This expression is a 10 year old (May…
It’s been almost three years since Glengoyne has totally revamped the middle of its lineup. Until fall of 2012, the lineup was 10 (review), 12 (review), Cask Strength 12 (here), 17 and 21 (here) year olds. In 2012, the 17 year old was discontinued, replaced by an 18 year old (see review), the Cask Strength 12 went…
Pulling the Vats Together: The Remarkable Regional Malts By Douglas Laing and a Taste of the Beastie
I like malt blends, it’s no secret. I think that when done right, they can literally make each of the component malts shine, and the whole can be more than the sum of its parts. This is, of course, true also for the the other end of things. Vatted malts are easy to botch up,…
The 25 is the last stop in our vertical tour of the Glengoyne core offering. Besides these six drams, I also had the Glengoyne Teapot Dram (heaven if you like sherry bombs), the Cask Strength 12 year old and the first batch of the NAS Cask Strength (which will be reviewed in a future series…
OK, the lines were crossed. We’re now squarely in sherry bomb territory. The Glengoyne 21 is the fifth expression in our Glengoyne vertical, and is a solid sherry bomb. A classic Olorso sherry nose palate. There’s a large proportion of first fill European oak sherry casks, but the whole expression was fully matured in sherry casks….