Glenkinchie 12 Year

I decided to put a little work in tonight on the scotch tour by banging out 3 samples in somewhat rapid succession: anCnoc Flaughter, Aultmore 18 and this Glenkinchie 12 year old. Paul seems to be running away with this round of samples and I gotta catch up. The Glenkinchie is a lowland distillery located just outside of Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh. This 12 year old single malt has recently just replaced the 10 year in their core offering group. It’s golden yellow in color and comes in at 43% ABV. I believe there’s no coloring added and it’s also NCF’d. The nose is kinda bourbon-esque: barley, honey, vanilla and fresh cut oak are the dominant odors, with just a hint of roasted almonds coming through as well. The flavor on the tongue doesn’t veer too far from the nose, while maybe adding some stone fruit notes, with even more oak. The finish is welcoming, though, with some cereal notes and warm chocolate rounding it out. This Glenkinchie and the above mentioned Aultmore are quite similar and play well together, with the unexpected harshness of the Aultmore keeping its score down even though it has 6 more years in the cask. Neither whisky are gold star examples for their regions, but this 12 year old gets a bump simply because of price point (which I believe is around $45-50). A big thanks and a hearty welcome to Telex for supplying this malt. Welcome to the team. 3.5 stars. Cheers.

Pretty standard lowland whisky. Easy mouth feel, but heartburn finish.

Devoid of flavour and a lingering taste of alcohol was the summary of an earlier review i saw. I don't have much to add to that paraphrased statement other than it wasn't worth the cost to the environment to either make it or for me to ship the sample over from the uk.