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I think there are far better malts around cheaper than this and I am a fan of Glengoyne.

tasted bottle with L-code L 17 02 14 (2014) and was little disappointed! what happened to the delicious Glengoyne whisky?(

Nose and taste are falling apart. In the nose, he has an almost penetrating to be called fruit sweetness, which is not to be found on the tongue at all. Once you have taken a sip, the nose also changes, because the previously perceived as almost obtrusive sweetness has disappeared. Instead, beautiful spicy and salty notes come with only subtle sweetness. Overall varied, mature and relatively harmonious. (Blind tasting)

Mainly sherry but there's also a bourbon influence, especially in the taste. It's OK but I rather spend my money on the cask strength editions which give more value for money. 85/86.

Aroma: fruity, grapes, raisins Taste: soft and round, light sherry, light burning only after swallowing, pleasant warmth, long lasting Even though Ralphy rates him high, he was nice to me, but not one I'll remember for long ...

https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/on-location-glengoyne/ I had this last year and liked it [85]. Made up of 50% refill and 50% first fill casks [a mix of types]. N: Quite a bit darker than the 17yo. Notes of caramel, mocha, Chai spices, fusty-sweet hessian, popadoms, dry fruity maltiness, ripe/drying pineapple=mango,…. help yourself. T: Dark/oaky bitter<savoury=sweet, all brought-on by that fundamental cask-mix use [see pic above], coupled with a long [slow?] maturation. Compared to the 17yo, richer/creamier caramel/fudge notes. Getting water involved brings out again more bourbon action than expected – what is the sherry ratio at Glengoyne? Hangs onto a soft-dry, waxy,fusty, barley-mash into the finish. F: Milky, ‘shroomy’, mature woody finish. Aged just right. C: Really works a treat this 18yo, which is why not much has changed with the recipe over the years [so im told]. In this modern climate of NAS & finishes galore, heres a rare example of a traditional malt where style & quality have been maintained.Scores a B

1650) Glengoyne, 18YO (circa 2016) My first GGy18YO were on 24th December 2016, it was a 2013 releases. A good 5 years past, various batches come and go in between but have not got the urge to try any of those. Until Chris Yeo shared one of the 2016 batch with me, and here it goes.

81-85 – Wow, really good one

A great, mature, ex-sherry malt.

Tasty and nicely balanced sweet-spicy malt. Well balanced and very pleasant to drink. The spice in the mouth and finish work well as a tension element to the otherwise quite soft character. A good all-day whisky. In principle, it would be worth a bottle to me between 60-70 euros, although in the end I would rather prefer the GG 21J. (Rating: 0)

COLOUR: amber (OFS/KG) - a super single malt with a very deep character - very complex and beautifully aged and fruity - is very similar to the Aberlour 18 (however, the smell is weaker, but slightly more intense in taste) - but significantly better than the Glengoyne 17 J. (better cask selection and rather sweeter than drier Sherry) - at around €80 for an 18-year-old single malt and the existing one Highly recommended quality

So either he is very young, or the bitterness comes from the fact that the refill barrels are already ancient, however, can not convince me. The nose is neither harmonious nor exciting, the taste is OK, the overall picture in the taste is at least consistent, the finish is then a bit too bitter. Notes from a blind tasting. Now I know why we had taken the 21-year-old Glengoyne at an 18-year Sherry Vergleichstasting, this one would not have had the slightest chance.

A great, noble and mature Highland Malt - very pleasant! [Color] amber;

Serge says: Colour: full gold. Nose: less talkative than the 15, kind of shy for a while and curiously grassier and leafier. Quite some tea, banana skin, orange cake and lastly, apple peels. So yes, it’s very nice but I liked the nose of the 15 better (just like with the Glendronach 15 and 18).  Mouth: yes, I definitely mile the 15 better, although both are closer together on your palate. This time we have rather more pepper and other dry and even drying spices (big nutmeg, even bigger cinnamon), then quite some cocoa powder and a leafiness that may be a notch dissonant in this context. More and more pepper. Finish: very long (really, how do they do that?) and pretty tannic and dry. The aftertaste is very peppery again. Comments: as I said, the 15 anytime, and I’m even wondering whether I don’t even like the very nice 12 a little better. Nah, let’s not exaggerate. SGP:461 - 84 points.

Very rich nose, on Christmas cake, gingerbread, dark chocolate. Brown sugar, which dissolves in coffee. Pudding with Smyrna raisins. Morello cherries. Cinnamon. Coriander. Crumble, baked apples. Vanilla dash, pastry cream. Monstrous mouth of balance, sweetness at first, then the spices rise. Candy to suck, soft chocolate, religieuse. It feels like you're in a bakery. Long and very woody finish, on fruits, prunes, damsons, red apples. Kahlùa. Very friendly, warm and convivial. To be enjoyed by the fire on an evening when it's snowing outside. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2021/10/glengoyne-18-yo.html

Great balance between vanilla, toffee, and dried fruits. It's supple, rounded, yet not boring.

Aroma: Fruity, light, apples, vanilla, sweetish, slightly moldy, sour oak, fresh wood Taste: soft, hardly alcoholic, nice and spicy, some pepper, distinct oak, warming Departure: relatively long, full-bodied, dark fruits, Cocoa, oak, slightly peppery, round, soft and sweet.

Released toward the end of 2012 to replace the superb Glengoyne 17, this 18 year old was aged in refill sherry and first-fill sherry casks and the results are very good indeed.

This Glengoyne I had some time ago as a blindsample in the glass. The basic notes and basic impressions are the same, with me the Glengoyne tastes a little better today. Let me just quote my comment on the blind tasting: "The nose is extremely fruity and complex, intense mint leaves the otherwise fruity nose pleasantly fresh." This sample is dominated by dry and tart wood tones, the finish is also wooden and eternally long Again, the nose was the dominating element for me in this malt .... I found this malt complex and quite interesting.The slight baseline has harmonized well with the other components. " 22/22/21/21

Delicious whisky for after dinner.

blind tasting

S 8 Oaky and dried fruit. Personally think this can best represent Glengoyne’s characters on balancing that Sherry touch with its citrusy & bourbon cask-driven notes. N 26 Vanilla ice cream. Creamy Sherry nose (sultana, dried fruit). Honey hiding behind with some unaggressive menthol. Time unveils more citrusy, soft spices, and caramel. P 27 Sherry & spicy is the main theme. Starts with some figs and espresso beans. Creamy, mouthwatering dried fruit. Malty, oaky, smoothened oak spices & winter spices then slowly dominated the palate. Some menthol to wrap up when swallowed. F 25 Mid finish. Oak spices driven. Oaky & fruity lingering. Mild spices too but almost neglectable.

84,50

n:  classy sherry nose with sultanas, prunes and dates. vanilla, cinnamon, orange marmalade and quite some aok, perhaps a little dominant. but quite nice so far. t:   pleasantly dry start with a medium strong body. very much on spices like cloves, cinnamon and dried fruits. not very complex but still nice. f:   medium length, medium dry, spicy comments: a nice dram but it lacks depth a little 86/100

I don’t care for it much more than the 12 year. A little more sherry influence, but I still find it vanilla driven and syrupy. Lacks any character, but maybe that’s the point.

Quite a nice dram, if you have a sweet tooth. The spice provides a nice contrast to the sweeter notes. Could do with a bit more depth or complexity, but still a very decent dram.

Not bad - but not too special. The 18 years you notice him; He is well matured and with a little more power and complexity would have become a really delicious whisky from him. Better than the 10-year-old, but not approaching the 21-year-old ran.

This is beautiful, full bodied dram. Biscuity, sticky, like melted good quality porridge with honey sorta like, complex nose, delicious dram. I keep this one open and only drink it on special occasions. It is like coming back to a friend... good old friend

A nice balanced pour, slight sweet, spice, oak, fruit all working together.

if the nose appears more massive and intrusive sweet with artificial sweetness, the mouth is fresher and very pleasant, balanced and harmonious, the finish takes over the theme from the mouth well, but then has the typical Glen bitterness which stands isolated, in addition to the other notes and stays longer

Maltstock 2017Rich, dried fruit, chocolate and in combination with red apple very tasty, apfelstrüdel

The ending note was a bit weak, but everything else was good.

Nose: Good nose! you will find chocolate, leather and a hint of sherryness here. A touch of citrus is here too, but not much. A rather pleasing nose. Hint of mint in the background. Taste: Tobacco, leather but a bit peppery at first. Then there is a lot of good and well sherry matured whisky notes. Body: Full, could be more oily though Finish: Medium-long lenght. Again these nice leather and chocolate nose. This one will do very well with a chocolate pairing. Price: If found under €80,- it should be worth considering. Presentation: Don't know this was a sample.

**This is blind tasting** Please, let's never meet again Honestly, I’d rather drink budget whiskies like Spirit, Langs, or Bell’s—this one offers nothing in comparison.

Beautiful, complex and elegant whisky. Very nuanced without being overly sherried. One I like to take my time with. 2-3 drops of water does it wonders.

I'm impressed. This is very nice.

Wonderfully balanced malt and despite the "only" 43% quite powerful. I also like the change that this malt goes through in the glass over time. First, the crisp cherries to the set darker notes.

Tasted on 04-12-2020. (85/85/84)

Pleasant but maybe not more;

It starts with a nice nose, the sweetness surprised and let me spontaneously think of rum, sherry is the dominant note, but still leaves room for further. In the mouth, the sweetness goes back a bit, I no longer think of PX Sherry, as during the smell, but rather Oloroso. The finish is a nice mix of the impressions of the mouth and nose. A solid, good sherry whisky without surprises or mistakes. The impression is very different from that of two years ago, at that time I gave 83 points in a blind tasting, now I award 87 points.

Lacks complexity and leans too heavily on the sherry influence in my opinion. Some more input from the distillery character might have helped.

2020-04-14

Quality stuff as expected with a Glengoyne of this age. Very rich and intense. Lovely flavor profile. (Rating interval 86-89)

Glengoyne 18yo. Sample bottled by RGWC, consumed Nov 2021. The samples I've tried from them in the past have been super dodgy, so let’s see how this one is. Golden orange . Aroma is ‘meaty’, slightly sulphured sherry cask, also some lemon and ginger. Mostly meaty though. Ultimately that seems to be the impression from the cask- I don’t think the re-bottler can be blamed. Taste is watery and low impact, becoming saltier on the swallow. Very simple, not too much going on. The old oak is slightly chocolatey. Vaguely tart, salty and chilli-ish in the finish like the lime chilli that is served with poppadoms. Chocolatey linger. Below average on this showing. 3.1/74

This single malt is characterized by a generous, slow development; it is always lively, fiery, youthful and mature alike. Good price-performance ratio! Tasting with FineSpirits_butler1.

In the glass, the glowing gold is covered by a sting in reddish. The aroma is a great combination of sweet fruits, sherry flavors and on the other hand chocolate and toffee, some coconut and a hint of leather. The taste is very complex. First of all he is sweet, then vanilla and chocolate notes are added. After a moment, a surprising liveliness is added. In the background a reminder of cereal. The finish is very mild, slightly dry with a light fruitiness. This Glengoyne is developing very nicely, the emerging spit is surprising. A whisky, which demands attention and the bon vivant but also rewarded.

The 18 he Glengoyne, unfortunately failed with me. I still have the 17 and 21 unopened in the closet, I hope they are better. In the blind tasting typed as NAS

Not a big step up from the 15y, little bit more sherry influence and bigger body, but the finish of the 15 was longer, which is a little weird.

Sample with ditelery sample.

I haven't had such a nose full of sherry and above all this great sherry influence in the mouth, which remains in the finish until the bitter end. Surprisingly little oak for 18 years, or no noticeable bitterness.

Delicious, smooth sherry malt with a well-behaved character. Sour to ripe, sweet fruit, a lot of dessert aromas and a little herbal spice and barrel spice. Round, balanced thing, fills its niche nicely for me. "Only" 43%, but I'm not missing any power here. Mouth feel is great. 88/100, almost 89.

Overall, a fairly soft and round sherry malt, definitely not a wet or very active barrel. The body is medium heavy and the finish quite long and astringent. He tastes pretty good and in the right mood a nice drop but not a high flyer. I miss a little the special and exciting. From me there's therefore 85 pts.

Although I enjoyed this very much, it didn't wow me. As I mentioned earlier, this is exactly what you may expect of a sherried 18 year old. It's just not more than that.

A nice one to drink, but not outstanding for 18 years ...

A very elegant and slow single malt. A nice standard bottling with great round- and deepness. Complexity and interplay between different dimensions. Tasting note by Armin Fuchs and me is coming soon.

A very nice rounded drum.You can feel the maturation of casks and how well balanced all the flavor are.Exellent!

First of all: pure this malt loses a lot of its potential, it looks young, closed, simple and alcoholic, so the following refers to the addition of water, which opens up enormously. On the nose, sweet honey with a little vanilla and fruity like ripe apples and dried fruit, after a while ripe banana. Behind it some freshly polished wood. In addition, a little cooling with a small addition of water. Round, sherry-fruity and slightly spicy in the mouth. In the finish a lot of oak in the form of coffee notes and dark sherry fruit (intense raisin). Unfortunately not very complex anymore. Length: 4/10 Very barrel-heavy sherry representative, for fans of spicy malts. Grade: 2+

A wonderful whisky with an absolutely outstanding price / performance ratio. The well-selected sherry casks play with the fruity, apple-flavored character of Glengoyne, but never cover it. An art that Glengoyne has perfected.

All in all, a solid combination of bourbon and sherry barrels, which do not overlay the malt. Delicious, easy, good drinking strength, but the taste and finish of the oak is a bit too bitter for me to really please.

This isn’t the most complex sherried whisky in the world, but it’s extraordinary smooth. Because of that, it does lack somewhat in complexity. http://whiskyinformer.com/home/glengoyne-18

Too bad, the nose was promising, unfortunately the body collapsed in the mouth. Solid standard, without excitement

Beautiful, round Dram, which has more of a refill Sherrykarakter for me, and so is the distillate already to advantage. However, it is also very interchangeable, and could use a little more alcohol. Other comparable 18s like Glenlivets 18 or Tomatin 18 I like much better.

Aroma: slightly sherry, vanilla, caramel, apple Taste: walnut, marzipan, cocoa, oak Finish: medium to walnut, oak Comment: beautiful whisky, for connoisseurs

Glengoyne 18 year ABV:43% Cask: Bourbon + Sherry

Yes, the Glengoyne 18: a story full of ups and downs. At least for me personally. We divided the 18 in our whisky community. He sparked excitement in me. An 18-year-old that is still available at a reasonable price and promises a high level of quality. The basic data is simply right here. You have to say that! that with the new series the prices were (of course) adjusted. Would I still buy it today for 100 + euros? I dont know! Nonetheless, I used up my share of the bottle pretty quickly. I tested it on Mortlach 16 Distiller'sDram, various Glendronachs, Glenallachies, Edradours and Dailuaine 16 f&f. The Glengoyne did amazingly well! Here now looks with the new edition, I do not know, I will not try it either. In any case, my first impression was good to very good. That means in the points region 85 to 90. Then my bottle share was Lea. And I didn't bother with him anymore. Until it was served to me blind in a very nice tasting. Unfortunately, that was catastrophic. The rich spiciness only seemed bitter to me, the beautifully balanced, round profile was immature and much too edgy. After that I wrote him off. Which turned out to be a mistake after I got it back in the form of a temple so I could compare it to the 21 Glengoyne. So I've decided to write this review. he was great In the following I refer to the last impressions of this tasting.

Nose - Clean, fresh fruit, ginger, malty, orange peel, vanilla, watermelon juicy , candy, wafers and over ripe fruit. Lovely complex nose, very dimensional and can still detect the spirit character, remind me of the Tamdhu spirit, strangely enough. Taste - spirit, wood, spice, cloves, slight dark chocolate and maple. Finish - Mouth coating, medium long, slight juicy, dry tropical fruit, apple peal and spice. Comment - Top marks for the nose. A touch of water opens the flavour in the mouth and reduces the spicy note. Some more sherry please, very affordable for a 18 and full body. Glengoyne is special to me, so rating this is hard.

The malt makes a mature, harmonious impression and has benefited from a good selection of cask. He goes through the life of a significant development. Nose and taste are complex and are characterized by pronounced fruit and spice, the taste against the nose drops slightly. Long, pleasant, chocolate finish. Blind tasting!

really good sherry maturation the smell reminds me of something very old, leather-like no prolonged finish, but a damn fine whisky to enjoy (needs a bit of time to open though)

Nose: honeyed dark chocolate, dark plums, rum raisins, toasted oak Palate: burnt honeyed toast, saltwater taffy, rotten purple grapes Finish: short-medium, salted peanuts, dark cherries Overall: just wished the abv were higher on this one, fairly decent but suffers from chill filtration

Glengoyne 18 WID: 38137 Abv. 43%, chillfiltered, bourbon and sherry casks Nose: a sherry influence for me, but more on the refill, than on the first fill side, dry logs, dark chocolate, overripe plums, a touch of stale cola and / or water (but I'm extremely sensitive to this aroma) Taste: more sweetness on the palate, rum pot, but a little one-dimensional and thin (46% would have been really better) Departure: Here, unfortunately, a little stale and stale, otherwise medium in length and in order Conclusion: The sample was really ok, but I do not need a bottle. I am simply too sensitive for this stale cola note, otherwise a stable malt.

Not very intense of sherry, but soft and light. You could find no pressure to drink.

It takes a little time to open up, initially it is reserved on the nose. The alcohol is barely noticeable. Fine sweetness, the sherry influence is well dosed, not a sherry bomb. Hint of dark fruit, slightly lighter blackberry, but also slightly citric. Only after some time does the honey sweetness become more noticeable, and it also becomes more mineral. The 18 years are more noticeable in the mouth than in the nose, here you can notice the influence of wood, although not in the form of deep dark chocolate, rather light. The finish is a bit short. The dram is pleasant, fine, but lacks a bit of depth of taste, 3-4% alcohol would not have hurt. A "typical" Glengoyne, mild, fine, balanced, the whisky is not overwhelming. But it also lacks that certain something.

Good, but in my opinion it doesn't quite live up to the 17 YO. Not one to be rushed, this one. Take your time!