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Glen Garioch Highland Single Malt Scotch 1797 Founder’s Reserve

  • Distiller

    Glen Garioch Distillery

  • Bottler

    Morrison Bowmore Distilleries

  • ABV

    48%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Glen Garioch 1797 Founder’s Reserve is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky produced at Glen Garioch Distillery in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, one of the country’s oldest and most easterly distilleries. Matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, it is bottled without chill filtration at 48% ABV and carries no age statement. Named in honor of the Manson brothers, who founded the distillery in 1797, it typically retails for around $45 to $60 in the U.S. market.

  • Raided Score: 93
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • By Kara Newman
  • This is echoed on the palate, with vanilla leading into butterscotch that's tinged with a light saline note, turning to peat smoke on the exhale.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • This un-age-statemented bottling is a fine everyday dram, sweet and warming, with a bit of floral character, some hay, and a touch of coal in the finish.
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