Sold outNov 2023In short · Glen Elgin (Speyside), 13 years.
“The nose combined nut brittle, raspberry brownie and cherry cola with salted pretzels, black tea, pine cones, leather and cigarettes trampled on wooden floorboards.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 85.88 is a single cask of Glen Elgin, in the Speyside region, 13 years old, bottled at 59.5%, released in the Nov 2023 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.