GlenDronach reviews

GlenDronach 18 doesn’t get much love. Its 15 year old brother seems to be the brand’s poster child, and a benchmark to which the rest of the range gets compared. As the 18 year old is both more expensive…

GlenDronach launched a new entry level malt, having the guts to put an age statement on the label. The Hielan is 8 years old and a mix of bourbon and (in a much lesser degree) sherry casks. It costs only…

Glendronach 18. Another big sherry bomb type whisky from the glendronach stable. This is matured in oloroso sherry casks and bottled at 46%.. Why can’t other distilleries take note ! imageNose.. It has…

I'm not a huge fan of the Glendronach's standard bottles. I've had the opportunity to taste the 12, 15 Revival, the 18 Allardice and the 21 Parliament. I feel that the sherry is far too big in them. All…

For those of you who read my last review will know that I adopted a unique form of scoring to expand the range typically used. After some discussion it is clear that this creates confusion, so from now…

I'm a huge fan of the Glendronach Cask Strength series. Wonderfully sherried whiskies that pack a punch without being too overly sherried, if you know what I mean.If you've been reading my reviews you…

This third batch of the GlenDronach Cask Strength (no age statement) is also a vatting of oloroso and PX sherry casks. Let us give that a go. The previous two batches were quite to my liking. Batch 4…

GlenDronach has quite a few lovely things in their wood finishes series. This 18 Year Old was finished on a Tawny port cask, which will offer red fruit – I think. The proof of the pudding is in the…

Matured from a PX puncheon and matured for 22 years. * Nose: there is a soft PX layer initially, underneath it there’s figs, coffee and hazelnut liqueur, sweet tobacco, hints of tea, and a metallic note…