Glen Garioch 10 year old - Little Brown Dog

The guys at Little Brown Dog have waited a very long time to find the right Glen Garioch to release.

It’s their most local distillery and they were keen to really to do it justice.

This small batch release is nearly a single cask. It’s made up from one 1st fill bourbon barrel that is just epic, and a wee 40 litre dribble of a cask remnant from a private bottling of its equally epic sister cask.

According to Andrew Glen Garioch is quickly becoming recognised as the “Springbank of the North East” and apparently not just because he keeps telling people.

Glen Garioch now operates its own floor maltings and the wash still is direct fired. While this makes almost no economic sense for a global distillery company such as Beam Suntory to reinstate these features, it makes whisky fans really happy tto see it.

Bottled at a natural cask strength of 56.2%vol, non chill filtered and natural colour resulting in just 337 bottles.

Label design is a photo the guys took from Old Meldrum looking over towards Bennachie one misty evening.

Tasting Notes

Colour – Bright Gold
Nose – Pear tarte, kiwi, baked apple
Palate – Tinned pineapple, honeydew melon, rhubarb crumble
Finish – Crème anglaise, conference pear, white pepper