Glen Scotia Campbeltown Harbour Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Other reviews... despite playing the dangerous game of using first-fill only x bourbon casks, which have a tendency to overwhelm with vanilla and flatten out. There is an element of that here, but the intensity of the young malt saves the day; the richness of the barley sugars is wonderfully refreshing. 90 points - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2025-26

...A degree of depth is supplied by the most delicate smokiness...89.5 points - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2021

...This is lightly peated Glen Scotia matured in bourbon casks apparently. Colour: gold. Nose: there is indeed peat. A rather medical and coastal style that seems to be emblematic of these lightly peated Scotias. I get salty butter, hot cross buns, smoked grains, cereals, hot wash and a wee glimmer of fruits underneath - things like ripe melon and citrons. Rather impressive I have to say. Mouth: rather simple with these notes of smoked hay, straw, raw barley, roast potato, grass, olive oil and a few stray bits of lemon peel. Perhaps some beach pebbles and dried rosemary as well. Unusual but rather fun. Finish: surprisingly good length. Smoked oatmeal, oatcakes, cereals, soot and crushed seashells. Comments: This humble little Glen Scotia is really quite charming. If they gave it an age statement of 5 or 8 years old it would add a further notch of class I think. But, as it is, it’s an easy an quaffable youngster that feels refreshingly un-doctored by active oak. 82 points - whiskyfun.com