Single Malt 200th Anniversary Edition 37YO
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy now; as a stable distilled spirit, it does not mature further in the bottle but will remain in peak condition indefinitely if stored properly.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted game
✨ Technical Specifications
To celebrate two centuries of distilling heritage since its foundation in 1797, Glen Garioch released this legendary 37-year-old single malt. Distilled in 1958 and matured in the cool, damp dunnage warehouses of Oldmeldrum, this expression represents a bygone era of Highland whisky production. During the 1950s, Glen Garioch still used locally peated malt, giving this incredibly rare bottling a distinctively rich, smoky, and deeply complex character quite different from their modern unpeated style. It offers a liquid archive of Aberdeenshire's distilling history, marrying old-style peat smoke with decades of oak influence, tropical fruit notes, and heather honey.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1797 by John and Alexander Manson, Glen Garioch (pronounced 'Glen Geery') is one of Scotland's oldest continuously operating distilleries and the most easterly distillery in the Highlands. Located in the market town of Oldmeldrum within the fertile Valley of the Garioch—historically celebrated as the 'Granary of Aberdeenshire'—the distillery benefits from prime regional barley and mineral-rich water drawn from the Silent Spring of Coutens Farm. Under the ownership of Suntory Global Spirits via Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Glen Garioch underwent a transformative renovation to reinstate traditional floor maltings and direct-fired copper wash stills. This classical production architecture, coupled with a 50-hour fermentation cycle, imparts a signature robust, honeyed, waxy profile with notes of orchard fruit and warm malt cereal. Celebrated for its non-chill-filtered, high-strength releases, benchmark expressions include the flagship Founder's Reserve, the 12-Year-Old, and vintage cask-strength single malt bottlings.
🍇 Base Material
Malted Barley
🍷 ABV
43%