Glen Garioch 1994

Name: Glen Garioch 1994
Brand: Glen Garioch
SKU: 22200
Rating: 85.99 (128 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.99/100
votes: 128

Whiskybase ID: WB22200
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glen Garioch
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Vintage Batch 32
Vintage: 1994
Bottled: 2011
Casktype: North American Oak Barrels
Casknumber: Batch No. 32
Number of bottles: 12000
Strength: 53.9 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Barcode: 4010496002599
Added on: 02 Jun 2011 12:07 am

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Whisky Reviews for Glen Garioch 1994

23 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.99 points

rottendon scored this whisky 84 points
07 Apr 2015 11:08 pm
He hangs on the glass wall. The mouthfeel is oily too. Very well balanced, sweet and tart notes are in good harmony. A grateful malt. He likes me better than water.

Nose

A lot of caramel, a flowery overtone, some malt. Over time comes a light citrus scent, lime, maybe some grapefruit. Peach notes, a little pear. The caramel disappears, the flower meadow remains, the citrus notes are getting stronger. When warming strong zest, some caramel in the background. At the end again a lot of malt and caramel. The alcohol stays behind at any time. A dash of vanilla with some water and actually some ham before the flavors equalize again.

Taste

Decent onset, lots of caramel, but rather dry, citrusy, very astringent. Much sweeter with water, hardly any zest, a bit flatter, but still good.

Finish

Medium long, sweet, pleasant, pleasant, but also dry. Still astringent. Remains slightly nutty in the mouth at the end.
Monte Gehro scored this whisky 86 points
03 Jan 2021 9:01 pm
The 1994/2011 is straightforward, from nose to finish (for me) typical ex-bourbon maturation +/- 18 years. You could also say more boring or more interchangeable. There are a few of this type. 85 to 86 points. For a higher rating, I lack the complex or the intensity.

Nose

86 86

Strongly fresh, alcohol clearly noticeable, sweet, light fruit with pear, apricot, a hint of vanilla, overlaid with damp wood in the background. With a little water: more ripe fruits, overall a bit sweeter, the wood becomes "drier".

Taste

86 86

At first (only briefly) almost mild, then you can feel the power, pear, peach, a little citrus, grain, slightly spicy oak. With water it becomes creamier and very tasty.

Finish

85 85

Medium length, interplay between sweet and sour, tingling on the tongue, but still a bit bitterness at the end.
Andytka3 scored this whisky 84 points
19 Aug 2020 7:08 am
1484) Glen Garioch, 1994/2011, North American Oak Barrels, Small Batch No. 32

Nose

N- While the 1991 breath its way up over the years, this 1994 that distilled a year before being mothballed doesn't seem to benefit with about the same time spent in the bottle. Still bright and citrus-y with spicy oak hitting the nose, green-y and leaf-y with maltose and barley sugar. Strawberry milk with nuttiness, as well drift of mints and crushed peppers. At time, soft with wee much oak prevail and feel rather on a decline compared to 5 years ago. (86/20)

Taste

P- While few notches down on aroma, still broad on palate. Vanilla and honey with juicy sweet oak, wheat-ish, spicy sweet with underlying polished dryness that highly savourable. Evolving well and get creamier eventually with fragrant oak pulsing softly. (88/22)

Finish

F- Long, flowery, juicy oak and warming spices. Waxy, crisp. Cracked peppers and raisinets. (87/21)

B/B- 87/21

Weighted Rate- 84pt Not quite what it was.
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.
P.A.O.K.you_are did not rate this whisky
14 Aug 2016 2:09 pm

Glen Garioch 1994/2011 (53.9%, OB, batch No 32, North American oak barrels)
It’s quite ‘funny’ that Glen Garioch has been following Bowmore’s path,
glorious 1960s, excellent early to mid 1970s, then a drop (sometimes
abysmal), and then some great spirit again from around 1990 on. Let’s
check this new baby… Colour: white wine. Nose: starts quite hot, a tad
spirity and all on fresh garden fruit, mainly pears and apples as well
as greengages. Also a little pineapple drop and then more wet rocks or
gravel, with an obvious flinty side, and lastly, more vegetal notes
(fern, grass, earth, humus) and vanilla. With water: gets farmier, more
on grains, barnyard, leaven and then peat… We’re close to the barley
here, and that’s very nice in this context. Nice nose. Mouth (neat):
much in line with the nose, pear drops, liquorice, cough drops, berries…
(cranberries). Pleasant bitterness (strong green tea, peat). With
water: becomes more compact, nicely so, with rather more oranges and
touches of cloves. It’s a big, full-bodied dram. Finish: medium long,
maybe even a tad short despite the mint, the liquorice and the pepper
that are in the aftertaste. Comments: quite perfect youngish Glen
Garioch, fresh, full and moderately peaty. We’re probably not back to
the fab level of the 1960s and early 1970s yet but that may be coming… SGP:453 - 85 points.

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PuddingmitHaut did not rate this whisky
29 Nov 2020 9:33 pm
Nose

First sweet, caramel, hazelnut, vanilla, cereals, which later drift towards the wet wood, sour apple

Taste

Apples, pears, cereals, a little pepper, oak seasoning
g00se scored this whisky 85 points
29 Nov 2020 9:24 pm
Stammtisch Dram # 2
Unbalanced fellow. The nose is still quite pleasing, the barrel strength cannot be easily adjusted in the mouth.

Nose

86 86

Fresh, fruity, sweet and a bit artificial.
Toffee, sour apple rings, BumBum ice cream, caramel, vanilla, a little citrus.
With water: wood polish, ripe fruits (apple, pear, pomelo), malt

Taste

85 85

Surprisingly sweet and oily.
The alcohol only becomes noticeable over time. Salivary.
Melon, pepper, oak seasoning.
With water: pears, apples, vanilla

Finish

84 84

Relatively short finish and rather bitter.
Significantly rougher with water.
MickMatrix scored this whisky 87 points
29 Nov 2020 9:20 pm
Issie did not rate this whisky
29 Nov 2020 9:15 pm
Nose

I can clearly feel herbs, grass, hay, a little yeast, lemon, alcohol in my nose, peach, dry earth, pear, apricot, melon, sour apple rings, honey, a little caramel, a few nuts, wet wood, vanilla

Taste

Pear, melon, peach, lemon, dried apricot, wood, a little pepper, it gets slightly dry in the mouth
Rien scored this whisky 86 points
22 Jul 2020 9:19 pm
Nose

87 87

Taste

85 85

Finish

85 85
lachaineduwhisky did not rate this whisky
10 May 2018 11:48 am

Fine and subtly vinous with milk chocolate, it then gives the nose an impression of green cereals. (What seems typical of a sherry cask while it is American oak! Do I have a cold?) On the palate, powerful, very spicy (clove). Alcohol dominates too much. Even with water, he remains aggressive. Anytime wood has woken, whether it is on the nose or in the finish that is bitter. Enthusiasm 2/5

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