I’ve been pretty aggressively exploring Campbeltown lately, particularly after how much I enjoyed the heavily peated Kilkerran. I hadn’t had much experience with Glen Scotia other than a bottle I ended up buying at an SMWS tasting. Notably, that was one of six whiskies offered at the tasting and I didn’t like it at all after the first nosing and sip. I ended up buying a bottle of it by the end of it because it was handily my favorite of the six by the end of the night. Something about how it evolved in the glass in concert with the other whiskies on my palate brought it to another level. Between that experience and the Kilkerran, I was quite motivated to explore this town’s distilleries, though they aren’t super common around here. Fortunately Fine Drams had some samples when I was placing an order so I got to try some. Anyway, on with my review of the first distillery bottling of Glen Scotia I’ve had.
Minutia: Matured in ex-Bourbon and ex-Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Tawny russet muscat, 1.3.5.
Nose: Fruit, nutty coffee, like a coffee with nutty flavor to it, not necessarily flavored with syrup. Caramel, toffee, a burnt smell that is possibly just burnt caramel/toffee.
Taste: Woody, same sweet burny quality as the nose, heat comes in.
Finish: Heat, a smoky something, really lingers a while.
Overall I found this decent, with the finish elevating it a bit. Nothing was necessarily off-putting, but other than the finish it wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. Enough for me to want to try more of theirs, particularly peated tasting expressions, as that smokiness is the part I most enjoyed.
Score: 80
SMWS Name: That candy cabin
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