DjangoJohnson
Glenfiddich 12 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
October 10, 2021 (edited January 8, 2022)
"You know, Glenfiddich12 isn't a bad little starter Scotch. I've always liked it."
"Not at all."
"It's somehow always reminds me of walking through a pine forest in autumn. I get some fruitiness, but I get pine. I don't know why, I don't hear pine being prevalent in a lot of whiskies, but I get it in this and a few others."
"Yeah, definitely fruitiness."
"Remember how I had that bottle of Glenfiddich 14 and I poured out my first glass because I thought I hadn't rinsed it, but the whisky had that soapy thing going on? I get that here, but it's not as intense, it doesn't ruin the 12 in the way it ruined the 14 for me."
"Did you end up finishing that bottle or did you dump it?"
"I finished it, but it was tough to find ways to enjoy it. I usually poured it later in the evening when I didn't care as much what I was drinking. That soapiness is a thing with Scotches. I looked it up. It's kind of like how some people love cilantro and some people think it tastes like soap. Same thing."
"Hmmm..."
"I also saw a review where someone was saying they had the same problem with Glenfiddich Fire and Cane and I loved Fire and Cane. When it was on clearance for $25, I picked up three bottles."
"Cane? Sounds like cinnamon. Not up my alley."
"No, it's smoky and rum cask finished. Part of their experimental series. I liked it a lot. I still have a bottle. Probably the oldest in my collection. From May 2019 or so. I haven't found occasion to open it yet."
"Guess you need the right time and place."
"Yeah, that's always the case really. The main problem with Glenfiddich 12 is the price really. When it's on sale, it's $47.99 and when Highland Park 12 is on sale it's $49.99 and who wouldn't pay two dollars more for Highland Park 12?"
"That's true. I also really liked Dark Origins..."
"But they don't make that anymore..."
"Yeah, that's a shame."
"When they put the Glenfiddich 12 on sale for the 375 mL, it's $21.99. Which, if pricing followed logic, would make a 750 mL bottle $44. I'd pay $44 for this. It doesn't make sense. But it's funny how price makes that difference when you're looking at the shelf."
"Yeah it is."
"But it's not bad. Been a long time since I've had it."
"Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
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Thanks for the novel m8
@DjangoJohnson those dates are pretty close and this will always hold a soft spot for me because it was one of the first scotches I enjoyed neat. I also had a bottle of Glenlivet 12 and at the time felt so damn proper. I don’t know that I’d bother drinking the latter these days if offered a pour but the Glinfiddich I’d take any time. Honestly, if still $40 could see it as a come down pour!
@Bourbon_Obsessed_Lexington are we talking 2004-2005 when you were in college? Those were my first few years out of college, and I remember it being $35. Now I understand that cost of living goes up, you have to increase your prices, pay your workers more, but honestly, it this were still $35, I'd stock this regularly as something to just have around as a "come-down" whisky for the end of the night. At $50, I can't really bring myself to buy this. Every once in a while the 375 mL is $22 as I mentioned above, and I'll pick it up on occasion on impulse, but I think $50 shows an overinflated sense of their own importance here.
That pine forest note - takes me back. In college I swear this was closer to $30 (my “good stuff” price range at the time) but what do I know.