Glen Elgin 12, 43% abv.

Glen Elgin has an interesting history amongst Speyside distilleries, but you can just look that up. The interesting thing is that Glen Elgin was an important component in White Horse blends back then and perhaps still so. Near the beginning of 2000, Diageo supplied Japan at exclusive bottling that emphasized "White Horse" on the label. It was actually part of their brief "Hidden Malts" series.

Nose: mostly green apples, green grapes, copper.

Palate: medium bodied, some wood, some toffee, red tea and prunes on the back palate. Prunes seem to dominate with each sip, is this sherry cask influenced?

Finish: medium, more like a light oolong tea feel, converts to apple juice.

Its a very tasty dram, reminded me of a microwaved Dr. Pepper. The body matches, although light on abv, the flavor profile it tries to potray in my opinion. I like what it has done, just not too into prune juice. Genuinely impressed. Had this at Bar d.still in Seoul, South Korea.

Grade: C+

Whiskyanalysis.com, 8.42 ± 0.21 on 16 reviews
Whiskyfun.com, Serge, sgp:361, 81 points
Whisky advocate, Dave Broom, 87 points
Whiskynotes, Ruben Luyten, 82/100
The whiskeyfiles, Barry Bradford, 64/100
Ralfy, 88/100
LA whiskey society, Andy, C+

Image courtesy of Eric Yee.

Eric Yee

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