The GlenDronach Allardice Aged 18 Years, Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70cl

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The impact on the palate is rich and powerful yet smooth and creamy with a long aftertaste of spice and dark chocolate. With its all-natural hue and bottled at a robust 46% ABV, this expression has been nurtured within the finest Spanish Oloroso sherry casks. The GlenDronach distillery, established in 1826, is located in the Forgue valley, near Huntly, Aberdeenshire and is named after the source its water; the Dronac burn.

Remarkable flavours of stewed fruits and all-spice marry together with classic aged Oloroso sherry and toasted walnut bread combined with chocolate. The Highlander was matured completely in Oloroso sherry casks, and was originally released in 2009 following the distillery changing hands back in 2008. I found the Allardice to have intense sherry sweetness, right off, dark chocolate, orange, raisins, caramel, and at the very end a massive hit of maple syrup. Therefore I’m very confused by this review mainly saying it’s extremely raisiny, vinegary, fungal, unbalanced?Matured in the finest Spanish Oloroso sherry casks, this sublime richly sherried malt is truly unforgettable. Hibiki 12 is a blended whisky from the Japanese company Suntory and is a blend of Suntory's Yamazaki and Hakushu single malts. GlenDronach Distillery was founded in 1826, near Huntly Aberdeenshire, making the distillery one of the oldest in Scotland.

If anyone out there is ever looking to gift me a whisky I will always be happy to see this one show up. Okay, commented before I should have… bought a case of Allardice from EU this year and it *is* a 2018 bottling so I should have known this dram. At that time, they announced a new style for the distillery flagship 12-year-old bottling, which was released in 2009.Something about sherry finished scotch is like glue to the inside of the mouth, especially combined with a slightly high 46% ABV. While I may drink a sherry once in a while I usually find it too sickly sweet, and this whisky strikes a good balance between those sweet funky raisin sherry notes and a deep woody flavour that keeps the whole thing nicely grounded. Sherry sweetness, dark fruit leather, brown sugar, x-mas spice, citrus peels and some bits of orchard fruit. This subreddit is private because of Reddit's inability to provide proper moderation tools and listen to users.

Sherry sweetness, dark fruity leather, cocoa, citrus peels, vermouth and some orchard fruit and spice notes. If you have had the pleasure of tasting this whisky before then you’ll already know how fantastic it truly is. That gap of six years forces GlenDronach to use older whisky than necessary, because when Billy Walker acquired the distillery in 2008, he decided upon an extensive core range with age statements.

Sold to Brown Forman in 2016, the distillery now falls under the watchful eye of Master Blender, Rachel Barrie. Tasting Procedure: Whisky was poured into a cold-water rinsed Glencairn, and set out for about 25 minutes.

Rich and dark, it has remarkable flavours of stewed fruits and all-spice married together with classical aged Oloroso. The Oloroso sherry flavours of toasted nuts, dried fruits, walnut skins, orange oil and - amazingly - even red fruits are so beautifully balanced that we can sit and enjoy a glass for hours. On the nose you have strong sherry, dark fruits of plums and raisins, cinnamon spice and dark cocoa. The Parliament was pale in comparison, not as viscous, kinda runny actually, a harsher bite and just a disappointment.According to Whiskybase there’s only been three in 2020 and 2021 combined, while there were dozens in the years before. I’m not sure when Dave became just a fellow consumer, deciding who to give “our” money to, instead of a salesman, but I wonder if Driscoll steered anyone else away from Allardice, or just certain people that he was already selling a dolly full of booze to? For example, the 12-year-old Original was first released in 2009, so should’ve been at least partly distilled in 1997. The driver will input your year of birth into their device and may then require an ID check to complete the age verification process.