Glen Garioch 1966 Single Cask Exclusively For OddbinsHighland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 43% A 1966 single cask Glen Garioch bottled exclusively for Oddbins in the 1990s. Almost all Glen Garioch made prior to 1975 was heavily peated with the resulting style being not dissimilar to the great Broras and Ardbegs of the same eras. To taste, these distillates offer a myriad of intense, oily, phenolic and farmy characteristics with layers of wax, huge smoky notes, luscious fruit and

Looking back at it now it's still a cracking dram that remains the last word for true peat heads

Rich ruby-mahogany

These first releases are becoming increasingly hard to find nowadays and it's for sure they're not making anymore

A magnificent beast of a dram

bottled in April 2012 and only 124 bottles was produced at natural cask strength

Cask number 1555 was filled on the 25th July 1995 and after just over 12 years maturing on Orkney

honeysuckle and blossom

A fantastic single cask 1982 Caperdonich bottled as a 36-year-old without colouring or chill filtration in 2019 by Gordon & MacPhail for their Private Collection Series

This is all well integrated with the classic Bruichladdich sea air

and some hints of coffee

of the iconic Black Bowmore 1964 releases that catalysed the emergent luxury whisky market

dazzling and beautifully composed malt