Single Malt Hogshead 'Full Cask' No 80003184
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy upon release; stable indefinitely in bottle when stored upright away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Mature blue cheese, dark chocolate, smoked game meats
✨ Technical Specifications
Deep in the historic 'Granary of Aberdeenshire,' Glen Garioch has been crafting robust Highland single malts since 1797. This single cask release, matured in a traditional hogshead, represents the distillery's signature heavy, oily, and honeyed spirit in its purest form. Hogshead casks, typically rebuilt from American oak, allow for a slow, balanced maturation, imparting rich vanilla, toasted oak, and sweet baking spices that beautifully complement the distillery's traditional malt-forward character. Historically, Glen Garioch utilized local peat, giving older or traditional expressions a whisper of earthy smoke, a profile highly prized by collectors of their single cask releases. This expression captures the rugged, honest character of Highland distilling at its finest.
🍾 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