pkingmartin
Glen Scotia 10 Year Peated
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed
April 11, 2022 (edited April 10, 2024)
This is a drammers exclusive single barrel that was bottled at 55.6%.
The nose starts with light notes of charred lemons and limes, ocean brine, soft vanilla and hay then a mild smoke along with sea side rock minerality and chamomile tea followed by tart apples, gooseberries and grapefruit zest that transitions to pickled ginger and a light oak spice with medium ethanol burn.
The taste is a medium mouthfeel starting with creamy orchard fruit that quickly veers towards a moderate sour and bitter spice that fades to lemon lime sports drink, charred hay bales and light minerality followed by chamomile tea, tart apples, gooseberries and grapefruit zest that transitions to pickled ginger, cloves and a light ashy oak spice with medium ethanol burn.
The finish is medium length with mild campfire ash, sour citrus and dark chocolate orange.
Overall, this is a good dram that manages to bring in a mix of sour citrus, tea, ocean brine and mild spices, but those sour and bitter flavors are a bit too much for me that throws off the balance.
This is the start of a small Glen Scotia series with this being the youngest of them and we'll see how the distillate does with some additional age going forward.
A huge thanks to @PBMichiganWolverine for the generous pour.
Create Account
or
Sign in
to comment on this review
@pkingmartin In my humble option you should move this review to the Drammer’s Club bottle as it sounds substantially different than the standard 46% version. Checkout Glen Scotia Single Malt 10 Years Peated (Drammers pick) on Distiller! https://distiller.com/spirits/glen-scotia-single-malt-10-years-peated-drammers-pick
@pkingmartin yeah, this was young—-and less Cambeltown-y than Longrow , Hazelburn, or Springbank ( which I get…they need to differentiate). Would be interesting to try an older one.