2014 Glen Garioch 11 Year Old "Old Particular" K&L Exclusive Single Refill Bourbon Barrel Cask Strength Highland Single Malt Whisky (750ml)

Distilled February 26th, 2014 The wonderful "urban" Glen Garioch is one of Scotland's oldest. Founded in 1797, it sits in the heart of the Scottish breadbasket, the fertile lands in the relatively temperate eastern highlands producing the vast majority of Scotland's barley crop. While the warrant to distill was official in '97, they were likely making whisky here many many decades before that. The stupendous and underrated distillery is in the heart of a residential neighborhood in the small town of Oldmeldrum and has become one of our very favorites. It gets little attention in the Scotch world, mostly thanks to their safe core offerings and competition within the owner’s portfolio. It makes a satisfying and distinctly Highland style that offers the very classic malt driven style that we value as true lovers of cask strength single barrel scotch. Incredibly we've had access to good stock through this bottler, Douglas Laing, for the last few years and even more impressively the prices have stayed extremely reasonable while distillers all over Scotland raise their prices and these stocks continue to mature very nicely. It's not flashy or big, but it's pure and complex.