Glen Garioch (pronounced: glen GEARY) is part modern, respectable Highland distillery and part peaty legend. All spirit at Glen Garioch was heavily peated until around 1975 and the split in character of bottlings from before and after this date can be so striking that they may as well be from two different distilleries.

The best examples can be world-class, indeed some of the best Glen Gariochs are considered among the greatest whiskies ever bottled. There haven't been any expressions distilled since the mid-seventies that have managed to attain similar heights, but nevertheless Glen Garioch remains a fine, full flavoured Highland malt.