7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Winy top notes rapidly evolve into plummy fruits offset by zesty, oily orange peel. Rich caramel toffees, chocolate and malty biscuits.
Taste
Light to medium bodied, delightfully coating. Subtly coating, with a clever balance of gentle fruit tartness and gingery, rich, sweet malt.
Finish
A beautiful balance of lightly cleansing fruit notes and gingery toasted maltiness
Nose
Soft hints of melon and summer citrus fruit, opening up to reveal firm waxy notes and rich floral aromas
Taste
Layers of ripe melon fruit and zesty orange-oil freshness fuse with sultanas and spiced biscuits
Finish
Medium length and beautifully rounded.
Liquor
Glen Scotia 93.61 SMWSA
Type
ABV
58.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Wonderfully complex – black tea, herbs (dried basil and oregano), mild orange, honey, and a faint whiff of smoke.
Taste
Sweet arrival. Sweet Earl Grey tea, very mild citrus, wood spice, faint herbal notes.
Finish
Long and spicy. Herbal, with the sweet vein from the palate extending into the finish.
Liquor
Glen Scotia Double Cask
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Vibrant fruit emerges firs followed by chewy vanilla fudge, a hint of salinity, then an array of oak-y spices including some char.
Taste
Opens with more fudge with a little dusting of powdered sugar. Powerful, oily and a touch herbaceous with some German brandy character.
Finish
Sherried notes come through more on the finish.
Liquor
Glen Scotia Rum Cask Finish – Campbeltown Festival 2019
Type
ABV
51.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Malt, smoke, oak, baking spice, molasses, char, lemon peel with touches of cumin, waxy vanilla and some herbal hints.
Taste
Oily nuts, malt, oak, brown sugar, herbal, smoke, lemon peel and bits of pine and earthiness.
Finish
Med-long -> Plasticy smoky, herbally spicy and a tad sweet.
Liquor
Glen Scotia Rum Cask Finish Campbeltown Festival 2019
Type
ABV
51.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Malt, smoke, oak, baking spice, molasses, char, lemon peel with touches of cumin, waxy vanilla and some herbal hints.
Taste
Oily nuts, malt, oak, brown sugar, herbal, smoke, lemon peel and bits of pine and earthiness.
Finish
Med-long -> Plasticy smoky, herbally spicy and a tad sweet.
Liquor
Glen Scotia Scotch Malt Whisky Society 93.46
Type
ABV
59%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Rust, leather, salt I almost want to say sweat. It’s full bodied.
Taste
Salty, the leather comes through but weaker than in the nose
Finish
Short, Salt water from a rusty pail
Liquor
Glen Scotia SMWS 93.47
Type
ABV
59.7%
Region
Distiller
Nose
. Big, malty nose, but also quite sweet, with hints of orange and sugar cane.
Taste
The body starts off amazingly sweet, with marshmallow and vanilla, before evolving more fruity notes, almost jam-like, in the mid-palate.
Finish
Cereal notes come along in the finish,
Liquor
Glen Scotia SMWS 93.72 “BBQ outside a sweetie factory”
Type
ABV
58.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Spruce tree, campfire, cloves/mulled cider, chocolate, peaches
Taste
Anise, caramel cake, cloves, pear
Finish
Mulled cider, moss, oatmeal, jerky, peanut butter, lots of smoke
Liquor
Glen Scotia Victoriana
Type
ABV
54.2%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Elegantly oak-y, with notes of toasty sugar and citrus peels.
Taste
More fruit forward on the nose, with dark berry juiciness at its core.
Finish
Orchard fruits dusted with dark chocolate.
Liquor
Glen Scotia, SMWS 93.63
Type
ABV
56.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Bombastic dark notes right at the beginning with malt, coffee, dried fruit and chocolate
Taste
Strong, lots of barrel with acid, but very harmonious with herbal notes, salt and honey.
Finish
Sweetened towards the end, it develops a nice hint of chocolate with slight hints of ham.
Nose
Pears, honey, citrus, apples, peanut brittle
Taste
Caramel, butter, honey, cinnamon, fruit
Finish
Long. Pears, honey, graham cracker, malt