Just Whisky 🥃: Glendronach 18 Allardice(2019) vs (2020) revisited 3 years later!!!

Glendronach 18 Allardice (the infamous 24 year old juice?)from 2019 vs 2020 ( 18 year old juice?)
Revisited from 3 years ago!!!
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[@Bowman1999]

John, great video. I like the Glendronach 18 but sadly it is too expensive for me now. I like your channel, don't worry about the awkward parts everyone has them. Cheers!

[@justwhisky]

Thanks for the kind words. Agree it’s too pricey now. Cheers 🥃

[@thewhiskyenthusiast]

Regardless of the conclusion and what differences you get, it's always a good day when you have not one but two Glendronach 18s :) Cheers John 🥃

[@justwhisky]

And then they became one😅

[@Rohit_M]

Great review John. I managed to pickup a bottle of Allardice in early 2023, likely a 2022 bottling. I look forward to opening it on a special occasion. I used to see 12 with NC and NCF on shelves all the time but never delved into getting a bottle back in the old days. Hopefully the NCF is not that much of a deterrence in new Glendronach 12 and 18's case but we will never know.

[@justwhisky]

As alluded by Mackal below… Dramface has written an excellent article regarding Glendronach rebranding and chill filtering. Cheers🥃

[@andypike1234]

I´ve been just thinking about drinking the 2019 batch and here you are! 2018 was very dry. To the point I didn´t like it. On the contrary 2019 is much fresher, even it´s supposed to be older. Ralfy scored 2020 90 so I guess it´s still good.

[@justwhisky]

Synchronicity at play… enjoy! Cheers 🥃

[@mackal]

Dramface has a blog about the whole NCF nonsense that I think explains it well.

[@justwhisky]

Agree. Thanks 🙏 Cheers 🥃

[@ChicagoZini]

How do you distinguish between the 2019 and 2020? I do not see any markings.

[@justwhisky]

All bottles have a laser date code imprinted on bottom rear of bottle.