Maltbarn Glen Scotia 1992

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New and exclusive to KWM, a brilliant new Glen Scotia 23 year old, with an appropriately maritime and industrial label. Matured 23 years in a Bourbon Cask and bottled at 53.3%. Only a dozen of the 144 bottles produced are coming to Canada.

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: creamy and waxy, steely with diesel engines burning in a stormy west coast Scottish harbour; underneath some dried apricot, mango and cooked pineapple; very maritime with clean smoke and a hint of grassy malt.

Palate: big, huge actually, more creamy-waxy tones, still steely with diesel exhaust notes (classic Glen Scotia), unctuous and big briny maritime tones; the fruit is still there: more cooked pineapple, apricot jam and gentle earthy peat; the medicinal salty smoky notes keep building with herbal Amaro.

Finish: medium in strength, but long and enduring; creamy with herbal, salty, smoky and oily (engine) notes;   

Comment: this is a beautiful old Glen Scotia, time has polished the rough edges of the spirit, but it hasn't tamed the beast; this is a big, classic Glen Scotia.

Tasting Note by Serge @ whiskyfu.org “Maltbarn are kings of handpicked micro-bottlings. Okay, say mini-bottlings – talking about the outturns of course. Colour: pale gold. Nose: hyper acrid and grassy, sharp, blade-y, almost bitter and a little fermentary. It’s a singular style that reminds me of some of the most fashionable French whites these days (Valette, Ganevat, others…) Excuse me? Yes, I like mucho. With water: added notes of broken branches and ultra-fresh sawdust (in a forest, not at a carpenter’s). Mouth (neat): ultra-punchy, lemony, peppery, and grassy. Smashes you a bit but that’s good. With water: becomes a little chalky, and perhaps a notch medicinal. Is that iodine? Lovely herbal/bitter profile. Finish: very long and sharp. Campari without any sugar and at high strength. A sweeter lemony side balances that in the aftertaste. Comments: I hate to write this kind of thing but it’s probably not for beginners, but if you like rather extreme malts without any peat or sherry, this is for you. SGP:361 – 87 points.”

700 ml