Glen Ord 28yo 2975-2003 58.3% OB
I traded a couple samples of this one from another malt connoisseur. When I heard there was a 28yo Glen Ord I knew I had to grab the chance, how often do I come across that? Golden colour, smells sweet and honeyed, with a small alcohol sting. Reminds me somewhat of the 12yo OB which I enjoyed quite a bit. The taste is sweet, chalk, dry, a bit spirity. Water. It gets a bit sweeter with the help of water, but it isn't as fresh as the younger version. A bit tired from many years in the cask?
At this age I believe it could've developed some more: 6
Glen Ord 27yo 1962-1989 55.4% Cadenhead's
An oldie from Glen Ord, a malt that I rarely try, but I was a bit fascinated by the 12yo OB back in the days. This smells really rustic, cereal, corn jacks, iron, smokey, very delicate. The taste is a killer, lots of ashes, dusty, burning, lots of herbs and spices. Magnificent so far, even though I'll add some water as the taste can be too concentrated and hide the aftertaste. Now it gets a bit rounder, some flowery notes, a bit phenolic. I believe this one comes from a sherry cask. And if so it's cask magic at its best.
Pure pleasure: 8.5
Glen Ord 31yo 50% Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing
This has a round smell, hints of caramel, honey and lemon zest. Very good, I do like to point out that Glen Ord is a malt that I find to vary a lot in quality, not depended on cask or age. The taste shows this is a sherry matured whisky, very dry aftertaste, sweet, phenolic, creamy cheese, herbs and cinnamon. With water it gets lighter, fruitier, mango, kiwi, grape fruit and banana(?). A very pleasant malt, if not the most complex 31yo I've ever tried.
Could've benefited from even higher %abv: 6
Glen Ord 11yo 1999-2010 54.5,% Malts of Scotland cask#31212 btl.x/289
Now a showdown of some young IB cask strengths. This one is Bourbon matured in a hogshead. A very round nose on such a young whisky, floral, sweet, honey. The taste is a bit anonymous on the palate, some sweet notes of plum and sour fruit, but that's about it. The finish is a bit dry with lots of caramel. With some water more bourbon is showing along with some coffee notes and even more dryness on the finish. It's a good whisky and I bet many would love it, but for me, this style is a bit too weird unfortunately.
I'm having a trouble finding balance in this one: 5
Glenordie 12yo 40% OB
An 80's bottling of Glen Ord this on, some ginger, allspice and nutmeg on the nose. Tastewise it has something going with gingerbread, wheat and cigars, but all in all, it's not quite as good as the slightly more sophisticated and modern 12yo Glen Ord OB. I can imagine this is very fine blending material, but it doesn't really deliver as a single.
Cigar Malt?: 4
Glen Ord 12yo 40% OB
Smells very malty, almost like newly poured guinness. It has also got a strong and dominant malty flavour. Some might call it simple and old fashioned, but still this is a very nice and gentle dram, a good value for your money. Relatively short aftertaste.
A good introduction to other malts: 6.5
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