The colour of this is like a light gold, mixed with a bit of bronze, which looked beautiful in the old Glencairn glass! However, if you are inclined to do so, it will make a Rob Roy or rusty nail like no other you've tasted.

The tasting touched on the founder, George Smith, and on how there were way more illegal distillers before 1823, after which a law made it cheaper to apply for a distilling license. Up to him introducing me to a sample of Nadurra, all of my experiences with Glenlivet had been fairly unexceptional.We may sell, license, transfer, assign or in any other way dispose of the Service (including Members) to any third party without any notification to you, e.

Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. He mentioned that he saw a board with the cask recipe on it, but it was written in code, so he couldn’t make anything out of it. For me, it's by far the most outstanding Glenlivet offering in the sub 20 year old "regular" line up (I don't include the Nadurra in this equation - if I were to do that, it would trump the 18).The palate is big and bold with lots of oak, walnuts, Manuka honey, as well as orchard apples and orange peel. Due to the limited availability, these expressions do cost more, though they are wonderful additions to a well-rounded whisky collection. This is wasn’t mentioned in the tasting, but previous tastings have mentioned charring is said to reset a cask. There is a lovely flavor starting to develop in this that I really liked in my bottle of Tomatin 25 year; sort of a spicy dried fruit. The guava-lemon-caramel flavor presents high balance, and the mouthfeel's thickness defies the lighter flavors.