Glenlivet 1968 22 Year Old Casks #4828 4829 Dun Eideann

Glenlivet Founder's Reserve

On ice at Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, sipping spring water along. It pours pale golden with green shades and oily streaks. Mild aromas of grain (mainly corn; barley and wheat too), some banana. Mouthfeel is powerful and dry. Taste is rather mild (which the nose foresaw) with umami and mild tannins. Boozy, warm finish in the surprisingly long...

Score 86/100

Glenlivet 12 Year Old

I bought this 1-litre bottle in an airport for a good price. It was not in my wishlist but when I saw its price I thought... why not? Nose. Elegant and subtle, it brings back my memories to a mix of wet granite stone, wet grass and fern. Floral notes come just after along with citrus, apple, (sweet?) pineapple. Pleasant, though quite discrete....

Score 79/100

Glenlivet 17 Chivas Brothers Cask Strength

I like this concept. Chivas has come out with a range of cask strength single cask whiskies from it's portfolio which are presented in interesting to look at generic 50cl bottles complete with hand written labels. Well, they're made to look hand written anyway. Very interesting to look at and I like the concept behind them too. Quite affordable...

Score 87/100

Glenlivet Master Distiller's Reserve

The Master Distiller's Reserve. Rather a grand name for a bottle that only set me back $65 (AUD). This is a cheeky (and i would say young) triple matured number from The Glenlivet including, sherry, American and traditional oak casks (i though sherry was traditional?). The presentation is a bit over the top really, there is the usual box which is...

Score 77/100