Glen Elgin reviews

Drinks Shop Bams in the heart of Maastricht, Holland, is led by the ever sympathetic Martijn Bams, now the third generation. He selected this single cask and had it bottled at cask strength, especially…

I had tasted this before, during the online version of Spirits in the Sky in November 2020. It was a happy reunion, trust me.Delicious creamy and fruity nose on apricots, sweet apples, almond shavings…

I recently hosted a tasting and instead of just handing out whisky, I was also handed a bag full of samples by one of the participant. Well, he’s invited to the next tasting for sure. One of those sam…

Glen Elgin can be found – as the name suggest – near the city of Elgin in Speyside. Together with Mannochmore and Glenlossie, it’s an integral part of the blend White Horse. There are hardly any official…

Maltbarn is a German independent bottler from Stadland that releases single casks at cask strength on a very regular basis. This is a Glen Elgin from 1995 at cask strength.Deliciously fruity nose on…

I do not believe Signatory needs an introduction. Of Glen Elgin, Diageo’s work horse, they have bottled more than 50 casks, mostly from 1995 and 1996. This is a bottling of two hogsheads, cut to 46%.…

Our Flemish friends of Flander's Finest Cask Selection had also discovered this 30 years old Glen Elgin, that started its hibernation on 11 September 1986. It was bottled on 10th May 2017 and thus had…

Flander's Finest Cask Selection is a group of Flemish whiskyshops that have selected some casks together. This is one of those: a 21 years old Glen Elgin that was put to sleep on the 22nd December 1995…

This bottle of Glen elgin was hiding between other beauties on the table of Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis at the recent Global Spirits Expo in Antwerp. I immediately took a sample to try it in this little line-up…

This Glen Elgin, released in a beautiful decanter by Signatory in their famous Cask Strength series, was distilled on 29th November 1990 and bottled on 23rd October 2013. So it is one month shy of being…