Glen Garioch 16 Year Old 2008 Cask #HL21389 – The First Editions (Hunter Laing) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

Whiskey: Glen Garioch 16 Year Old 2008 Cask #HL21389 – The First Editions (Hunter Laing) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 112.8 (56.4%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Glen Garioch

Indie bottler Hunter Laing released this Glen Garioch single malt as part of The First Editions collection in 2024. Distilled in 2008, the whisky enjoyed a 16-year stay in a single wine cask before bottling, bringing layers of dark chocolate and berries to join biscuity malt and drying oaken spice at its core.

Glen Garioch 16 Year Old 2008 Cask #HL21389 – The First Editions (Hunter Laing) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Pine oil, fragrant woody spice, floral vanilla, and a touch of green tea.

Palate: Drying, with layers of cacao and oak char, joined by dark cherry chocolate, and a touch of warming pepper.

Finish: Stewed berries, rich oak, and warming spices.

Distillery Information

The Glen Garioch distillery may well be Scotland’s first licensed distillery. Varying dates are given as to the founding of the distillery, but all are predated by an article in the Aberdeen Journal on the 1st December 1785, which announced the first distillation of spirit at the site. Glen Garioch (pronounced Glen Geery) lies at the village of Old Meldrum in Aberdeenshire. The distillery buildings sit huddled on a little outcrop flecked with heather gorse and grasses and surrounded by barley pastures – it is said that some of the best barley in Scotland is to be found there. Having changed hands many times over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Glen Garioch distillery was shut down in 1968. Stanley P Morrison acquired the distillery two years later. In 1973, following extensive renovations, production resumed. The whisky produced was much more reminiscent of traditional Highland single malts, this was due in part to the floor maltings at the distillery and the malt makers schooling on Islay, where he learnt the joys of peated whiskies. At a time when the Islay malt whiskies were very fashionable, Glen Gariochs new, robust character did much for the fortunes of the distillery. The floor maltings were decommissioned in 1979, though recently there has been much talk of using them once more.