Glenglassaugh 1974 Manager's Legacy Jim Cryle

Glenglassaugh glenglassaugh 21 year old

Unreduced - nose is heather and fresh spring grass. Chocolate mint and cloves. Hint of something great to come. It's candy apples with some brandy butter on malt loaf. Couldn't bring myself to add water to try it reduced.

Score 92/100

Glenglassaugh Evolution

This is the new Glenglassaugh, with which I mean to say that it was produced under the stewardship of Stuart Nickerson and his new team. After the Glenglassaugh Revival, the first release, comes this Evolution. This whisky matured on first fill bourbon casks from Tennessee, the George Dickel distillery. The nose is not grainy or spirity as I...

Score 85/100

Glenglassaugh Evolution

Nose: A lot of vanilla and butterscotch. Very nice. The High ABV is not evident. Pepper. Apple peel and hint of pear and fresh cut grass too. Palate: Lovely oak influence here. Quite buttery with ample vanilla , Pear juice. Soft cinnamon spice , sprinkled with white pepper. ending on toasted oak. Finish: Wood , pear and apple peel. Bitter and...

Score 80/100

Glenglassaugh Revival

Nose: Very fruity and almost new make-ish. Pear drops. Malty and sweet with some vanilla and sweet dough a minute before it’s inserted into the oven. Very nice. Palate: Cinnamon dough with nutmeg to balance it. Then getting fruitier with a hint if dried fruit. Buttery wood. less fruity than the nose. Feels older than it’s three years on the...

Score 81/100