Glen Toon 2012 Whisky Sponge Special Edition for the Campbeltown Malts Festival 11 yo

 

 

 

53°

Distillery : Glen Scotia - Campbeltown

1st Fill Bourbon Hogshead

Independent Bottling 

By Decadent Drinks  

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2024

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Totally Unpeated

 

 

 

I don't know how many Special Editions of Whisky Sponge there are. Its founder, Angus McRaild, promised to stop the series at 100 bottlings, but he's cheating a bit with all these Special Editions. So much the better, because they are generally very good. Here we have a Glen Toon, an affectionate expression generally given to Glen Scotia, specially prepared for the 2024 Campbeltown Malts Festival. Only 225 bottles are produced.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

On the nose, coppery, woody notes, with some fruit and pastry cream. Dates, red plums, ripe apricots, hints of vanilla, fried bacon. Wax and melted butter, citrus. Toasted hazelnuts, along with a few cereals. On the palate, the fruit becomes more intense, mirabelle plums, reines-claudes, white grapes. A bit of honey to bind it all together, wood resin, not much spice, but it comes through in the finish, with a lovely explosiveness, groundnuts, cashew, peanut butter. Lastly, a very slight saltiness at the very end.

 

In Short, 

Really interesting and original, but not really representative of the distillery. That's what makes this bottling unique, but you shouldn't look for the typical Glen Scotia character in it. As is often the case with this bottler, it's a little too expensive to dare buy, but it's remarkable at the very least.

Score : 89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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