Glencadam 13 Year (Single Cask Nation)

 

I had some store credit to use at Single Cask Nation (Thank you, Josh) and after much debate I picked up this most curious 13 year Glencadam. 

Glencadam is a distillery in the Highlands region owned by Angus Dundee, who also owns Tomintoul - which I have a sneaky and probably illegitimate liking for. My very first independent bottling tasting included a wonderful Tomintoul that tasted like marshmallows - I've never forgotten it. 

Glencadam 8 Year (SMWS 82.37 "Chewing Pencils in a Barbershop")

 

The first of six drams served at the April outturn tasting for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS") at the Jack Rose Saloon in Adams Morgan, Washington DC. At these events, you sit at a small table and one by one make guesses about the six scotches in front of you: age, type of cask, which distillery (multiple choice, out of five provided), along with a field to write notes. 

Glencadam 15 Year

Glencadam is a Highland distillery that was built in 1825 by one George Cooper, and has changed hands many, many times over the last 200 years. Most recently - and gloriously - it was purchased by Angus Dundee in 2003, who immediately improved every aspect of whisky. This 15 year expression is bottled at 46%, no coloring, no filtering. Huzzah for Angus Dundee! It's part of the blend recipe for Ballantine's, which is a blend I have enjoyed in the past. It's not far from Fettercairn, and also not super distant from Royal Lochnagar, Edradour, and Blair Athol. 

Glencadam 9 Year (SMWS 82.33 "Frolicking Flavors")

In all my years of drinking Scotch whisky, I've never had Glencadam until now; and instead of one of their official distillery bottlings, this is an independent single cask bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS"). 

Glencadam is owned by Angus Dundee (who also owns Tomintoul!), and has a wide range of official bottlings, from 10- to 25-years old. Here are the official tasting notes: