Glenturret 13 Year (Berry Brothers & Rudd)

 

The third of my five Berry Brothers and Rudd (BBR) bottles I splurged on: a sherry-matured 13 year peated Glenturret (also known as Ruadh Maor). 

Glenturret 12 Year (SWMS 16.56 "Distill My Peating Heart")

 

I sure do love these heavily peated single cask Glenturrets - rich, woody, meaty, citric, smoky... big, bold drams. Even the scent left behind in the glass is thick and viscous. This bottle of 12 year old Glenturret was named by actor Neil Patrick Harris (!), one of three he named for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS"). 

Glenturret 10 Year (SMWS 16.60 "Entering Uncharted Paths")

 

This was the final of six samplings of the May outturn for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS") - an interesting bottle from Glenturret, a peated, oceanic dram if there ever was one.  A gathering of about 30 people gathered at the Jack Rose Saloon in Washington DC to try and guess a blind tasting of the six drams.

Glenturret 11 Year (SMWS 16.52 "Campfire Breakfast on a Damp Morning")

 

I have absolutely loved and respected the three previous peated single cask Glenturrets I've had from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS"). They were real surprises, richly flavored, with a very distinct rich sweetness paired to a note of fresh pencil shavings (!). This bottle is, of course, also heavily peated, and was a lottery release, chosen at last year's tasting panel experience by US members - it's exclusive to the US SMWS. 

Glenturret 10 Year (SMWS 16.51 "A Bit of a Beast")

 

I absolutely adored my last heavily peated Glenturret - another single cask bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS") that was called "Confessions of a Barbecue" and absolutely reeked from bottom to top of scorched wood - pencil shavings, roasted splinters, ash, cinder, you name it. It was phenomenal. One of the single smokiest whiskies I've ever had, maybe the most. So when this bottle became available, I jumped all over it. 

Glenturret 11 Year (SMWS 16.53 "Confessions of a Barbecue")

 

Another interesting selection from Glenturret, as released by the independent bottlers at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS")! This one is USA-exclusive, and was released for Father's Day 2021 (alongside a 23-year Glenrothes). 

Glenturret 6 Year (SMWS 16.46 "Cooking on a Rusty Grill")

 

This is my first experience with Glenturret, a distillery fairly south in the Highlands. An independent bottle presented by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), this is peated, aged for 6 years in a re-charred hogshead and bottled at a very stiff 64.9%. Nicknamed "Cooking on a Rusty Grill." Let's see what I can find...