Glen Garioch 13 Year Old – Chorlton Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

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Whiskey: Glen Garioch 13 Year Old – Chorlton Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 100.4 (50.2%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Glen Garioch

Chorlton’s first Glen Garioch comes from a single first-fill bourbon barrel, showing the Highland distillery’s fruit-forward side in full force. Bottled at cask strength with no filtration or colouring – only 248 bottles were produced.

Glen Garioch 13 Year Old – Chorlton Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Apricot danish, lemon sherbet, icing sugar and fresh malt.

Palate: Peach cobbler, lemon zest, buttery pastry and a dash of salt.

Finish: Bright and balanced with vanilla cream, citrus oils and a faint oak spice echo.

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 maker’s schooling on Islay, where he learnt the joys of peated whiskies. At a time when the Islay malt whiskies were very fashionable, Glen Garioch’s 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.