Oh Glenlivet 12, yeah I’ve had that before. Except you haven’t! This is the Glenlivet 12 Excellence and as much as that sounds like some marketing mumbo jumbo this is indeed a completely different spirit. The Glenlivet 12 was in fact my first Scotch whisky. Pretty typical I guess since it’s the number one selling single malt in the USA. A lot of people overlook it because of it’s staggering availability but guess what they’ve removed the 12 from the UK market. And this Glenlivet 12 Excellence was never even on the UK market! According to the folks at the distillery it is only available in Asia and at the distillery. So naturally we had to have it. They say it’s more sherried than the standard 12 but I think it’s a bit more special than that.
Distillery: Glenlivet
Age: 12 years
ABV: 40%
Cask Type: Predominantly Sherry
Price at Distillery: £38.80
Adventures in Whisky Land 