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Glengoyne 18yr The First Editions 1996

Scotch Scotland

This is an independent bottler release of Glengoyne spirit. It was distilled in 1996 and bottled after aging for 18 years.

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Aggregated Reviews

Raided Score: 88
The Daily Pour
By The Daily Pour Staff
Wow. This was so very different than I was expecting than when I bought this on FineDrams. I expected an 18 year old syrupy sherry expression, and what I got instead was a delightfully complex, lightly smoky, fruit juice bomb. Really interesting. Of course, if I had heavily researched this before buying, I would have seen that First Editions is an IB, and this would have all made more sense.
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House Review

Nose:
Waxy fruits, vanilla, honey. Light smoke, pepper, some tobacco. Syrupy Dole fruit cocktail syrup. Pears, apples, lightly lactic. Really not what I was expecting at all.
Taste:
Medium body, no real heat. Sweet cream, bitter pepper, clove. Apples, pears and fig, with light smoke. Good structure over all. Some brine, although light - more mineral-y. This is really weird, and I have to admit that I didnt expect any of these notes with this dram. Very different than Glengoyne that I can get by me.
Finish:
Long, rich, no heat. Vanilla, pepper, minerals and soapstone. Sweet cream, mild ash.
Overall:
Wow. This was so very different than I was expecting than when I bought this on FineDrams. I expected an 18 year old syrupy sherry expression, and what I got instead was a delightfully complex, lightly smoky, fruit juice bomb. Really interesting. Of course, if I had heavily researched this before buying, I would have seen that First Editions is an IB, and this would have all made more sense.
Score:
88
By The Daily Pour Staff
Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources

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