Review #151: Glenglassaugh Torfa

Higland - NAS - NCF - NCA - Sample ($60 at the local) - 50%

Glenglassaugh is a new old distillery.  Mothballed for 22 years, this distillery reopened in 2008 and started making whisky trying to stay more traditional in their methods.  Torfa is their peated line. This is one of the first non-mega brands that I ever bought.  I enjoyed it enough that when it went on clearance I bought the last few bottles on the shelves.  I found a bottle with one dram on it, and I am ready to give it ago.

Color - Pale straw 

Nose - cereal, raw white fruit, peat smoke, fabric softener

Palate - Cereal, a touch of oak

Finish - Medium - Honey, peat smoke, cereal  - Hot

Overall - 5 - This has been open for a year or two but I remember this being much better.  It is very basic, not much character and obviously very young.  I would try their juice as it gets a little more legs on it.  

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.90

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.16