Glen Scotia 18-year-old

Overall rating: 84.87/100
votes: 107

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glen Scotia
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Classic Campbeltown Malt
Bottled: 2017
Stated Age: 18 years old
Casktype: Oloroso Sherry Casks Finish
Strength: 46.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Bottle code: L2/221/17 11:01
Barcode: 5016840181200
Added on: 19 Aug 2017 2:59 pm by Rien

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Whisky Reviews for Glen Scotia 18-year-old

26 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 84.87 points

Noface83 scored this whisky 86 points
08 Dec 2018 3:35 pm
Great OA with age, 46% and not cool filtered. That brings intense notes and neat spice. However, the wood is quite dominant and you have to like that - especially in the finish.

Nose

88 88

Fresh (slightly salty sea air and lemon), fruity (pear) and honey-sweet, caramel biscuit, malt, light smoke and earthy notes. The oak also taps with sharp wood notes and herbs.

Taste

86 86

Crunchy, tingling and woody. Malt coffee and a lot of chocolate, some salt caramel, vanilla and some pepper and herbs.

Finish

84 84

First chocolate again, then lots of pepper, menthol and bitterness, plus honey sweetness and licorice. Medium long and on the woody side.
Archer scored this whisky 85 points
30 Nov 2018 10:22 pm
It has potential, especially in the nose, but it does not exhaust it until the end. In the finish he falls unfortunately pretty much.

Nose

87 87

Honey-swirled apricot and peach pieces. The sweetness but only at the beginning, quite short. Then: mineral, salty. Menthol. Lemon water. Beautiful chocolate and coffee bean notes. Caramels. Interesting mixture.

Taste

85 85

Very chocolaty on arrival, with orange zest, hazelnuts and almonds. Mild and dry from the beginning. Dried dates, dark chocolate, bread dough. Something watery creeps in and dilutes the flavors a bit. Finally salty and peppery.

Finish

84 84

Medium-long and dry, with chocolate, marzipan, coffee powder and menthol.
Othorion scored this whisky 86 points
26 Nov 2018 2:12 pm
Nose

Sea breeze, mint, lime juice, earthy, very delicate smoke, pears, cereals, thyme

Taste

creamy, relatively soft, some pepper, again the pear, thyme, milk chocolate, a hint of vanilla, cornflakes

Finish

Medium, warming, pepper, now bittersweet chocolate and some coffee, spicy
Defeatless scored this whisky 87 points
29 Aug 2019 11:54 pm
I think this one is the best, widely available OB Glen Scotia around. Also price-quality is very decent.

Nose

87 87

Very fruity, quite sweet. A hint of marine notes. Candied oranges and fermented lemon peel. I also tend to find some lavender in the background.
With some water you get more cookie dough.

Taste

87 87

Sweet, a little touch of barley initially. hint of sour shows up. Again some sugar sweet oranges. Hint of ginger.
With water: more friendly and somehow more mouthfeel.

Finish

86 86

Medium length. A bit dry and hay like. A little tannin but in a good way. Clear wood influence.
With water: Less woody, more fruity.
ffmdino did not rate this whisky
21 Aug 2019 9:13 pm
did not blow me away
a pleasant Easydrinking Malt

Nose

fruity, pleasant, pears, malt
later oak, light fruit, tobacco

Taste

soft and silky on the palate
spicy, oak, slightly licorice

Finish

medium long
thin, light oak
Jssssssss scored this whisky 86 points
24 Jul 2019 10:35 am

Nose
Strength: (5)
Tonality: (4)
Slightly brighter, some finally have a fresher tonal chamomile... 2
Yellowish fleshy fruity...3
Almond cookies...1
Honey tea...1
Taste & Finish
Aroma: (4)
Strength: (5)
Tonality: (4)
End rhyme: (5)
Whiter wood but not dry
Total: ( 86 )
Today, it is a relatively fresh one. The last few candied sweets are slightly thicker and can finally be drunk.
HunterRomario scored this whisky 89 points
05 Apr 2019 2:39 pm

Aroma: Strong, malty, honey-spicy, with creamy milk chocolate and heavier fruitiness. (88 pts)
Taste: Matured, very spicy. Malt, strong fruitiness, sweeter spices and honey. (90 pts)
Points: 89
Summary: I enjoyed, this Glen Scotia gave me a lot of saddle and probably thanks to maturing in oloroso sherry barrel it left a significantly better impression than the once tasted classic 18 yo from the series with cattle. A shot number 2 at the Whisky Festival in Radebeul 2019.
Cask1988 did not rate this whisky
03 Apr 2019 3:55 pm
Great expression from Glen Scotia. They do have a high Standard (except for the Double wood which not worth calling by name).

I’d say in the GS core range Victoriana is the best for me, this 18 comes in very close as 2nd and the 15yo is at a decent 3rd place.

Nose

Rich and mature. Fresh Mint leaves And quite perfum-like. Coastal, salty character accompanied with a hint of sherry wood, green herbs and sweet dark fruits. Well balanced at 46%. No water needed.

Taste

Smokey and salty. clear hints of Bourbon with quite a big edge of oloroso sherry. Red fruits. And a slight minty mouthfeel. The Glen Scotia spirit is still there. Clearly which is a very good thing!

Finish

A long, pleasant, sticky finish. Slightly pepery and dry. Aged wood and again that coastal salty character with a hint of (peat)smoke.
Tano77 scored this whisky 84 points
25 Mar 2019 8:18 pm
Nose

84 84

Taste

85 85

Finish

83 83
Erik1908 scored this whisky 87 points
10 Feb 2019 4:49 pm
This bottle was my contribution to the Loch Lomond Group tasting I had with my friends. The quality of the Glen Scotia compared to the GS 15y, made me modify my score for the Glen Scotia 15y from 87 to 86. The Glen Scotia is in all aspects much more mature.

Nose

88 88

Coastal smell, fruits, more spicy compared to the 15y.

Taste

87 87

Fruits, vanilla, good body. Oily, waxy.

Finish

86 86

Medium long and nice. In the very end a touch of smoke.

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