Glenfiddich 8 Year Old Bottled 1970s

Glenfiddich 30 Year Old

One has to be careful when reviewing the more premium whiskies (and one as popular as this) because their rarity and price inevitably place a bias on your nose and palate. I, therefore, promised my self to be brutally honest and not care about who I hurt in the process. However, this 30 year old need not have been afraid. The nose is a beautiful...

Score 91/100

Glenfiddich 12 Year Old

These are notes from a tasting a while ago. I still stand behind them Nose: Lemon grass and peaches immediately jump out. I am surprised at how fruity this is: peaches, melon, kiwi, and bananas! I expected the grassy dry thing . . . but not fruit-topia. Taste: Fruity, dull, watery, and . . . off-ness. Finish: Short little blip with a slight burn....

Score 70/100

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old

It's time to give the Glenfiddich 18yr another go. I tried it last year, and found it had the most awful finish of any whisky I had ever tasted. I am hoping it was just a bad bottle, but in case it wasn't a fluke, I just picked up a miniature 50ml bottle. This whisky was bottled at 43% ABV, with a light gold color. Nose: GREAT nose. Floral,...

Score 45/100

Glenfiddich 15 Year Old Solera Reserve

This was a slightly belated (but much welcomed) birthday gift from my Sister-in-Law. I get the feeling there was supposed to be some conniving going on behind my back between my wife and her sister as to what bottle she was going to purchase, but in the end I was just asked to choose one, and the only bottle from one of the local bottle-shops that...

Score 86/100