🥃 MATCHUP MONDAY: The Difference Between a 10-Year-Old Benromach from 2014 and One from 2024

[@johnzajac9849]

One of the questions I have is how much difference in taste and quality is there, for example, between a 12 y.o. Glenlivet and an 18 y.o. Glenlivet? Is paying a lot more $$ for the latter whisky worth it?

[@WhiskeyLore]

That is up to taste. I find every whisky has a sweet spot and every drinker has their own sweet spot. A whisky is getting too old for me if it is too woody, extremely subtle, or musty. But others would say, they like an oaky whisky (nutty), that is smooth, and reminds you of an old warehouse. Experimenting is the only way to really figure out where you're own sweet spot is. Cheers!

[@johnzajac9849]

@@WhiskeyLore Thanks! Recently, I bought a bottle of Glenlivet 12 and wondered why a whisky, so famous for quality, struck me as 'watery' on first taste. Then, I noticed that the strength of the Glenlivet 12 whisky was only 40% ABV. I had been tasting some of my other whiskies, which are at least 43% and I easily notice the difference. I wouldn't buy the G12 again. I prefer Arran 10 (46%) or Glencadam 15 y.o. (46%) for another purchase. The latter two are very good!

[@WhiskeyLore]

@@johnzajac9849 yeah, proof definitely can make a difference. Luckily the trend is going toward increasing it. Maybe Glenlivet will notch it at least to 43%