Review #134: Glen Keith 21yr 1992/2014, Archives, 51.5%, C# 120599, 218 bottles

back from the dead

So, I guess Glen Keith is back distilling and bigger than ever. I doubt that any of the original equipment is in use, but whatever. This whisky is from a previous incarnation.

It's hard to believe that I haven't written up Glen Keith yet, either. It's in Speyside, right by Strathisla, consistently good stuff but never found a big audience. Lots of indy bottlings, though.

nose: tart apples, slightly creamy, fresh laundry, wildflower honey, and white chocolate. very clean, straightforward flavors.

palate: soft and then oily and then prickly-oaky, with depths and depths of toffee sweetness. again, this is the least neurotic whisky ever -- it just is what it is.

finish: more of the same -- mixture of soft/oaky/sweet. pleasant.

This is just very good in every respect, without being complicated or difficult or surprising or demanding. Typical and very enjoyable.


score: 87