Glen Garioch 1999 12 Year Old Single North American Oak Cask #2960 Travel Retail Exclusive Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2012) 70cl

Glen Garioch 1999 12 Year Old Single North American Oak Cask #2960 Travel Retail Exclusive Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2012) 70cl

1 of 210 bottles produced from a single north American oak.

Glen Garioch has been taken into the Beam Suntory roster of distilleries and since then, things have changed drastically. The popularity is now increasing, the minimum standard is now 48% ABV and they genuinely produce great whisky. not good whisky. Great whisky! 

Distilled at Glen Garioch Distillery in 1999, matured in a single North American Oak Cask #2906, aged for 12 years then bottled at Cask strength in 2012.

TASTING NOTES

Creamy and sweet, smooth vanilla candy and barley sugar with a hint of rhubarb and custard with notes of chocolate, buttered toast and aniseed

About Glen Garioch

Glen Garioch is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. For most of the 20th century it was self-sufficient, malting its own barley using peat from Pitsligo, giving it a unique smoky character. In fact, in 1968 it was short-listed by then-owners DCL, to convert to heavily peated production in order to make up for a shortfall on Islay caused by a drought. In an odd twist of fate, the decision was instead made to re-open Brora for the job, and close Glen Garioch down. Morrison Bowmore then sprang to its rescue, restarting production in 1973. The maltings and distillery were shut down again by Beam Suntory in 1995, and only the latter resumed operations two years later, with contemporary Glen Garioch becoming an un-peated single malt. These pre-1995 vintages are worth investigating while you can.

50.2% ABV

70cl