Tasting Glengoyne 18 for the First Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- On today's 'My First Time' I open a small sample bottle of the Glengoyne 18 from their core lineup. Will it be better than the Glengoyne 12 that I recently tried?
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Nice one Wade! Glengoyne was the first distillery I visited and I picked up the Cask Strength Batch 2 which blew my mind at the time. The 18 is really an elegant and wonderful dram. We are guilty of turning our noses up at low specs sometimes but when you give some of these drams a chance and they strike you as delicious, it's always a good day. I had a very similar reaction to this dram as yours so I can absolutely relate to your smile 😀 Cheers my friend 🥃
Thank you brother! Managed to pick up a bottle of the 18 today on a $60 discount on RRP so looking forward to getting to know this whisky a little better 😉
I’ve seen them recently for $102.99
I got this in a sample pack. It was very nice. I liked the Legacy Chapter 2 in the pack better. Nice though it is, speaking of a full bottle, for less money I can get an anCnoc 18, which I find to be a superior whisky. That's not to denigrate the Glengoyne, it is in praise of the anCnoc. Cheers!
yes the AnCnoc is definitely a better quality whisky!
@@McIntyresMaltsI can get this GG18 for $102.99 normal retail ! It here’s only about 5 left.
Was fortunate to have bought a bunch of Glengoyne, the 12, 15, 18 and 21 years ago when it was available for very very low prices at a shop in California. They make beautiful Whisky but the 43% presentation is such a shame. Cheers
Lucky! Yes, imagine these at 46%
@@McIntyresMaltsYes. If you encounter a dusty bottle of Legacy chapter one that is 48% ncf nc for a reasonable price it's quite nice
@@DonnerPassWhisky thanks for the heads up!
Nice lineup, which expression did you prefer?
I agree it is very pleasant and picked up a bottle here in Scotland for £85 about a year ago.
Good price! I am on the hunt for a deal!
Can’t wait to get my hands on this one
It's a good one!
Hey wade
I just caught this vid as im thinking of getting the 15 year $130 now ?
I saw the 15 on the way back in duty free but was way more expense than that! If you can get for $130 that’s a steal. I’d grab one
@McIntyresMalts thanks for the quick reply yeh duty free is kinda shit these days 😒
Thanks again mate! 🥃
I’ve got the 18 here for $102.99, I’m going to grab one.
Great review. Glengoyne makes really good whisky, I've been to to the distillery a few years ago, really nice. I agree with you that there are some bottles that are really good at a lower abv, a really great example is Glenfarclas 12YO, I really recommend that one.
I still like the lagavulin 16 which is 43% ABV too
@@McIntyresMalts Yes, that's another one
This one will be unavailable soon due to stock issues. It will be back though.
Interesting you mention this, I am seeing it 's harder to get in my market than the 21 year old
Have a nice discovery for you. Ardnamurchan..I just bought the AD/ ...
Need to try the cask strength
Very nice. The complexity and funkiness reminds me of Springbank quality
Yes! I recently got a bottle of their AD release and am very excited to try! If it’s good I think I will be grabbing the cask strength too 🥃😊
@@McIntyresMalts ha! Our time lines aligned!
For me it takes a while to figure a whisky out. I don't have the best "nose".... but so far it seems to have plenty of depth, a weird funk note which is almost cheesy or something.... smoke....a bitter sweetness (on line it says "marshmallow and orange oil"?)..
It has a kick too... refined and clean. Reminded me of drinking something like Springbank or Ledaig..a little.... anyway I hope you'll review it! I do like this very much and may even try to visit the distillery this year (about 5 hours from me)
@@Valera_Scotland Sounds good to me! You are lucky that you are that close to these distilleries, one day I will make the pilgrimage over! Slàinte 🥃
@@McIntyresMalts sounds brilliant. Message if you ever decide to visit! Would be cool to join you on Islay for a tour or something. I'll drag the girlfriend out too. She's not a whisky fan 🥲
@@Valera_Scotland thanks mate! Will do :)
I have only had the 12. It's 194.99 in my market. That might be too much for me right now. Especially with all the other 15-18 year old whisky I have. Nice job. Cheers!
The 18 is much better than the 12, but yeah considering price, stats and all the options out there it’s a tough one to pull the trigger on, but I definitely enjoyed it and will be keeping an eye out for when it’s on special
@@McIntyresMaltsI can acquire here for $102.99 ! I’ve got the 21 and the 25 (48%).
Luckily bought Glengoyne bottles a few years ago, so decent prices. My 18 is actually still closed. If you get the chance go for one of the CS batches. Had CS batch 3 and it was lovely. Glengoyne don’t add brown dye to their whisky. Shame the core range is not at 46.%though. Enjoyed the review, slàinte
Thanks David, have been eyeing that Cask strength off too!
@@McIntyresMaltsFYI, didn’t care for batch 4, too rough, didn’t dilute well (for my palette ).
This one was decent but to be honest nothing amazing for 18 years I was kind of expecting more. Cheers mate
I think that’s why I enjoyed it, went into the experience with lower expectations and was pleasantly surprised