Glen Albyn 26yo 1975-2001 54.8% Rare Malts
Neighbor of Glen Mhor, another long time gone and just occasionally mentionedin malt whisky circles. Enjoyed at the Grill Bar in Aberdeen, a nice bar with a huge range of whiskies, just a bit pricy but isn't everything in Union Street? A pale one, bourbon casked, smells spirity, sweet, sultanas, The aftertaste is just spirity. At this age I'd expect so much more.
A dead cask?: 3
Glen Albyn 29yo 1981-2010 57.5% Signatory
I love these shops selling samples online, as I've been amazed by two Glen Albyns from Signatory before I'm wondering if I should invest in a CS in the near future, but money talks in this business, so I've now got a 3cl to try first.. fantastic! Bourbon-matured this one, needs time to open up, smells withheld, small, but really nice hints of wheat, powdered sugar and spearmint. The taste is very sour, rusty, weird, nothing like a bourbon, more like really sour gravy. I cannot say it doesn't intrigue me because its so far from well.. any other expression of anything, but I will try with water, just to see what happens. Water gives a more usual vanilla and black pepper bourbon taste. It's nothing special, I prefer it without water.
A weird whisky, to unordinary to not take notice of: 4
Glen Albyn 25yo 1964-1989 58% Signatory Vintage cask#942-943 btl.841/1200
I do have another bottle from same casks, and if I remember correctly I enjoyed that very much. But I also remember that one to be dark red coloured, while this is golden pale..hmmm... Maybe I'm mixing up. It has a phenolic smell, almost like fino sherry. The taste is very peppery, phenolic, dry, salty and has a very long rubbery and salt aftertaste. It's first of all dry and bittersweet. A good expression, but it could've been just slightly sweeter.
Dry sherried malt: 6.5
Glen Albyn 25yo 1979-2005 56% Duncan taylor Rarest of the Rare cask#3958 btl.218/238
"A historic collection of Cask Strength Single Casks..." This label statement reeks of being a collector's item rather then a whisky to enjoy. Anyway, life's too short to let the bottles rot away on a shelf. The nose is pleasant, anis, liquorice and bonfire. The taste is unfortunately a big disaster. I'd say tastewise it's closer to a new-make spirit than even a 10-year old. With additional water it's becoming a bit minty but that's about it, and off course a nauseating sweetness of rotten fruit.
I've been amazed by other Glen Albyns, but this one is horrible: 1.5
Glen Albyn 12yo 1980-1993 43% Signatory Vintage cask 2946-48 btl. 765/2400
The last Glen Albyn I tried from S/V was at cask strength and amazing, will this younger, dilluted version live up to it's ancestor? The odors are quite unpleasant, very strong, but no real hint of any flavours. It has a very sweet taste of much vanilla, fruity, easy, mango, passion fruit and wax. Absolutely fantastic. The aftertaste is short and peppery. This one must be bourbon matured, and very young, but it doesn't lack much compared to the older versions I've tried.
Glen Albyn plays on all strings in this one, unforgetable: 8
Glen Albyn 25yo 1964-89 58% Signatory Vintage
Oh behold mortals, this aniquity has the most amazing odors of white pepper, garlic and parsley. Does have quite a delicate sweet flavour as well, again with some white pepper, sugar and a nice and zesty oakiness. This one, which I guess there aren't much left of, has got something rarely found in modern malts. Close your eyes and it really creates a vision of the highlands.
A closed, dismantled and almost forgotten treasure: 8
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