This year I decided to buy an Advent calendar for the first time and what better place to start than the “ That Boutiquey Whisky Company” advent calendar .. This years (2017) calendar has a number of new releases hidden within and surprisingly behind door number 1 was one of those new ones. Glenlivet 27yo…
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Glenlivet 17yo Cask strength.
I quite often do a few sample swops with other bloggers and friends and the latest person to join in with this is a chap I met on one of the whisky forums, having done a blind tasting on the first swop I requested a little info this time ( you don’t want to look…
Glenlivet Nadurra
I have had quite a few bottles of Glenlivet over the years but this series has to be my favourite, the Nadurra is a series of small batches, bottled at cask strength or as it used to say ” natural cask strength” .. This series started off as bourbon matured releases then progressed to sherry…
Glenlivet 15 French oak
This expression from Glenlivet is the 15 yo French oak reserve, it has been matured in French limousin oak casks, it is bottled at 40% abv. Nose.. The nose is quite devine, lots of citrus notes, fruity and plenty of spices. Cooked apples covered in Demerara sugar, vanilla fudge with an abundance of natural…
Glenlivet
Owner.. Chivas Brothers. Founded.. 1824. Region.. Speyside. Capacity.. 10 500 000 litres. Tel.. 01430 821720 Web.. http://www.theglenlivet.com visitor centre. Tours…. Glenlivet is a special place in Speyside. Translated from Gaelic, the name means ‘valley of the smooth-flowing one’. Those who christened it were most likely referring to the River Livet, which surfaces high in…
Glenlivet founders reserve
I had the chance to sample the new glenlivet founders reserve so here are my thoughts are.. Nose… Fruity and fresh, plums, apples, vanilla, a little over woody but it draws you in to take a sip, a little spicy note tries jump in but has little effect.. Taste .. creamy at first, sweet fruit…
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