PBMichiganWolverine
GlenDronach Peated Port Wood
Single Malt — Highland, Scotland
Reviewed
February 25, 2018 (edited March 28, 2018)
I did a double take on this one. Pink hue!?!? Seriously. It’s pink. Like a rose’ wine. WTF? Looks like rose’, but doesn’t smell like rose’. This sample was provided by my friend @LeeEvolved, and he’s not the rose’ drinking type. Anything but. This is a weird little pour. Aroma of oak left out in the rain too long. Not in a good way. The palette is fleeting berries, but my god the finish is L-O-N-G and bitter. Glendronach...what the hell, man? This just ain’t right...go back to your normal sherry cask work, and leave the crazy batshit experiments to other distilleries. Like Ardbeg. They can get away with an experiment like soaked in casks that previously held snail slime, and still manage to sell out well over asking price.
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I would have predicted this to be a good one.
I just knew...I knew that this was gonna be the ONE! ‘Dronach, peat, and port finishing. A trifecta of awesomeness. I hope the rumors of GD’s new master distiller not being able to keep up the lineage aren’t true, but this one is a big, ole strike out.
I wish I could say this has gotten better as the bottle has oxidized, but it hasn’t. It’s still a mess. And now I still have 2 full bottles collecting dust.
Great review. Loved the Ardbeg experimentation rant. Hilarious. I haven’t seen this or their general expressions in my area so this is helpful. Thank.