Review by: The Muskox

I’m certain that I’m the only Glen Keith stan in the world. For such an under-the-radar distillery, and one mostly going into blends, I think they have a disproportionate amount of character to their distillate. Here’s a real oldie, and one of the few Glen Keith OBs.

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Distillery: Glen Keith.

Bottler: Official bottling.

Region: Speyside.

ABV: 43%, cask strength.

Age: 10 years old. Distilled in before 1983. Bottled in 1994.

Color: Colour added, chill-filtered.

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Nose: Old school! Pungent sweetness and some odd funk notes. Egg-flavoured rice crackers, plastecine, sour cream, and yeast? Sweet flavours of manuka honey, lime Mike ‘n’ Ikes, crystallized pineapple, ripe plums, those yogurt hard candies. Slight walnut wood and cigar box. A tiny hint of a Dove soap note.

Palate: Medium-thin texture. Arrives malty, Montreal bagels, peach crumble, and a bit of old sherry cask. Very fruity, plum and some mango. Develops to lighter honey, graphite, clay, walnut wood, some tobacco. Slightly heathery.

Finish: Medium-short, sweet and earthy. Plums and nectarine, some old pencils, and salt.

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Possible SMWS bottling name: “Unpronounceable imported candy aisle”

Notes: This is pretty good, rather thin but with interesting flavours. The whisky does suffer from the low proof, and much of the interestingness comes on the nose alone. Still, this is a time capsule, more funked out than its modern equivalents but still very easy to drink. And cheap at auction, too!

Final Score: 78.

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Scoring Legend:

• 95-100: As good as it gets. Jaw-dropping, eye-widening, unforgettable whisky.
• 90-94: Sublime, a personal favorite in its category.
• 85-89: Excellent, a standout dram.
• 80-84: Quite good. Quality stuff.
• 75-79: Decent whisky worth tasting.
• 70-74: Meh. It’s definitely drinkable, but it can do better.
• 60-69: Not so good. I might not turn down a glass if I needed a drink.
• 50-59: Save it for mixing.
• 0-49: Blech.