Name: Glen Garioch Founder’s Reserve
Color: Copper brown
Nose: Barley, green apples, honey sweetness
Taste: Barley malt, allspice, cream/oil, oak
Review:
Glen Garioch Founders Reserve is from the East Highlands of Scotland and was established in 1798. This scotch is a non-age stated, but I would guess from the taste profile it is approximately 6 to 8 years old. The Founders Reserve is 48% abv, non-chilled filtered, natural colored, and finished in ex-bourbon and sherry casks.
This was my first experience with Glen Garioch and I was pleasantly surprised when I compared the taste to the cost. I was not familiar with this scotch so I decided to gamble on buying the bottle before I had an opportunity to sample a dram.
Every time you buy a bottle of anything that you have not tasted before it is a gamble. Sometimes it pays off, other times it does not. I like to think, “What is the worst case?” The worst case is you are going to get stuck with some whisky. It will get drank, one way or another.
Glen Garioch is very nice scotch for the price and I look forward to trying other expressions from their distillery in the near future.
Price around $50 and worth the money for a non-aged stated scotch.
If you like it, drink it! – Christopher
If you like it, drink it!
