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Glenugie
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Glenugie
distillery in the Highland whisky region was
located in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire and was founded around 1834
alongside a brewery.
Scottish Highland Distillers Co. Ltd rebuilt it in 1875 but
it was closed in 1925.
Seager Evans & Co. Ltd acquired and reopened it in 1937 and
then Long John Internatioanl took over in 1970, but they became
part of Whitbread in 1975 and finally closed the distillery for
good in 1983, dismantling it later. |
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Glenugie |
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General whisky characteristics: Aromatic, light toffee,
vanilla, coconut |
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D. Laing "Old Malt
Cask" Glenugie, bottled 27.11.2008,
26y,
50% ABV
Typical cost of
this bottle; €€€€€
"Dram-atics"
live review
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Glass: Classic Malt
Colour: Rich gold
Nose:
Immediately intense with aromatic butterscotch and creamy toffee,
then after a few minutes there's a development of coconut and
light vanilla which add to the mix without taking anything else
away. Some light malt in there too.
Palate: Very floral and
quite peppery with a creamy mouth-feel.
With
4 drops of water: With a touch of coconut and a hint of
liquorice the nose has changed to one of my favourite Liquorice
Allsorts sweets which is a coconut tyre with a liquorice middle.
After some minutes the vanilla returns. The palate is slightly
richer toffee with slightly less coconut and vanilla, but these
are still in there, albeit faintly.
Finish:
Long with vanilla and coconut.
Overall Impression:
Glenugie is, sorry was, one of my 'missing' distilleries and
I've been waiting with great anticipation to try this sample.
I wasn't disappointed as it's a very good light whisky from
an obviously decent bourbon cask and it has a decent complexity
too. A good Summer evening dram!
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