This one really surprised me. Unlike Cardhu, or Edradour that just did not have enough substance for me, this Glen Garioch was overpowering in its alcohol taste. I was afraid to exhale near open flames. And that overpowering taste just killed everything else for me.
This should have been a good one. It got 4.5/5 stars at masterofmalt.com. People seemed to like it. But when I tried the first dram from a new bottle, I almost thought someone had bottle everclear by mistake. It is 48%, but other scotches that I have tried have been higher than that and haven't been so overpowering.
Needless to say, this one cries for water. I don't particularly like adding water to scotch, but for me, Glen Garioch absolutely needs it. Once tamed down with about 20% water, it loses the strong alcohol taste, but that still seems to be one of the stronger tastes. It is actually better when the water is upped to around 33%, but I find it flat with that much water. The other flavours also get watered down, which I don't particularly care for. I don't know what else to say. I had expected this to be much much better. Not a particularly expensive scotch, and I will finish it, but for this price point, I still think that Aberlour 12 is the one to beat.
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