The Glenlivet 17 Year Old "Josie" Single Cask Edition

Glenlivet 25 Year Old XXV

I originally got my start writing about whisky talking about the important things. These things were not just tasting notes, or the history of the distillery or the history of the barrel. These things were the events surrounding the tasting of tasting of the whisky, who I was with, what was happening and even more important, what that wound up...

Score 96/100

Glenlivet Guardians' Chapter Exotic Expression

Following voting by Glenlivet fans across 37 countries, a winner emerged - “Exotic”. This became the 2014 Guardians Chapter Limited Edition now available globally in limited numbers – for a very short time! Having snapped up a bottle (or 2), my friend and I undertook a tasting of this much awaited dram from those great Speyside distillers. The...

Score 92/100

Glenlivet 12 Year Old Illicit Still

I picked this up after reading a few good reviews. A 12yo at 48%, NCF and natural color? We're already off to a good start. Neat in a Glencairn. Nose: A fresh, fruity nose that gives pleasant notes of banana, honey, vanilla, pear, and apple. This then gives way to a cereal note. A second whiff really makes the honey and vanilla seem more...

Score 85/100

Glenlivet 11 Year Old 2007 Signatory for Brühler Whiskyhaus

This is already the 6th sister cask that I try from this series, all from the stables of Signatory. This cask was filled on the 27th of March 2007 (just like cask #900130 for Getränkenwelt Weiser & Flickenshild and cask #900131 for The Whisky Exchange) and bottled in august 2018 for the German shop Brühler Whiskyhaus. The ABV at first glance...

Score 89/100