Glen Spey
Independent Bottlings
campbeltown-whisky-company
77%
Our first new release from Watt Whisky comes courtesy of a 13 year old from Glen Spey that has spent nearly all its life inside a single ex-bourbon hogshead, before a brief 3 month rerack into an ex-sherry cask. You’ll find bottles available at The Whisky Exchange for £65.95.
86%
Well this is an oddity – a 14 year old Glen Spey that has been additionally matured (for 14 months) in an ex-Islay cask. Outside of that, Glen Spey is a real workhorse distillery – and of the four Rothes-based sites, it receives by far the lowest level of enthusiast recognition. IMO it’s only really independent bottlers that keep any interest in this distillery as a single malt in its own right going.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Posted 01 October 2020
Remaining in Speyside for a Glen Spey that was filled into a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel in 2012. It’s the lynchpin of this outturn's triptych of offers.
Posted 03 March 2022
Opening our March account with a 9 year old Glen Spey matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel. It has been a few years since SMWS visited this Rothes based distillery – and despite it being in the heart of a famous whisky producing town, Glen Spey arguably receives the least attention of the four distilleries based in Rothes. Perhaps the single Flora & Fauna 12 year old is the reason that this distillery remains largely under the radar and firmly in the lap of blenders?
Posted 01 September 2022
Interesting stuff here. Initially matured for 8 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being reracked into a 1st fill toasted oak barrique composed of Quercus macranthera – aka Caucasian/Persian oak. Colour me intrigued.
Posted 05 December 2019
Only the 12 bottling from this distillery – and drawn from a refill ex-bourbon hogshead.
Posted 03 September 2020
Sticking to the Speyside region and moving to Rothes we’re presenting with a 12 year old from Glen Spey distillery. Not all that commonly bottled outside of its Flora & Fauna release – but we’ve seen a smattering of casks from the Society over the last couple of years.
That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Posted 07 December 2020
Today we move just half a mile down east from the focus of yesterday’s review – Glenrothes – to a distillery founded in the very same year of 1878 - Glen Spey. Diageo’s J&B filler malt was infrequently bottled in single malt form before 2012. And indeed, when it comes to OB’s - barring a reasonably regular 12 year old Flora & Fauna release along with one Special Release back in 2010, two Manager’s Choice’s (2008 + 2009) and a lonesome 25 year old Casks of Distinction - that’s your lot. But over the last eight years, Glen Spey, whilst hardly a darling of independent bottling has seen over 160 releases from a wide range of global bottlers.
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