Sold outDec 2024In short · Glen Elgin (Speyside), 15 years.
“The aroma was all over the place, with buttered fruit loaf, mango-filled doughnuts, brandy snaps, rum and raisin ice cream and, not to forget, apple-scented shampoo.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 85.77 is a single cask of Glen Elgin, in the Speyside region, 15 years old, bottled at 57.4%, released in the Dec 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 85.x is from Glen Elgin.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
At Fogwatt, just south of Elgin, Glen Elgin was built in 1898 by William Simpson and James Carle, and drinks from springs near Millbuies Loch. For decades its spirit went into White Horse, and it has been bottled as a single malt only since 1977. Worm tubs give a fruity, honeyed spirit unexpected weight and a waxy, full texture. Diageo's.