1901
Glenfarclas 12 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
December 12, 2020 (edited April 29, 2021)
Nose: winter berries, heather, school science lab, milk chocolate, honey, oak, raisin and sherry wine gum (yummy)
Palate: warm spicy sherry, walnut, blackberry, cinnamon, strong black tea
Finish: spice, tannin, orange, chewed matchstick
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Semi-Final 2:
Glenfarclas 12yo versus BenRiach Curiositas 10yo
Curiositas killed this cat.
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The intolerable torment of a whiskyphile. I have too large a backlog of samples and miniatures to go through. Selecting a dram can be confusing – like Lloyd and Harry’s budgie I can barely keep my head together. So, I have picked sixteen scotch whiskies that are 12yrs or younger or NAS to battle it out in a Scotch Deathmatch. It’s my incentive to lighten the logjam. Follow along if you care (and really why should you?). Oh the drama!
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@CKarmios more like the Europa League 😀 but thank you kindly
@cascode thank you sir 👍
Well done on the award mate and very well deserved, if only for introducing us to the Champions League of Whisky competition
@1901 You definitely deserve it if you put in all the hard work. I used to quite like adding stuff donkeys ago but after a few years the novelty definitely wore off!
@1901 Congratulations on the award and well done for keeping the virtual shelves stocked 👍
Hi @1901 We’re happy to announce that you are our 2020 Distiller award winner for The Collector! You can learn more in our 2020 Distiller Awards blog post, and be sure to keep an eye out for an email with more information about receiving your trophy. Cheers!
@Soba45 you’re too kind, but thank you. I’ll admit though that the award probably isn’t fully merited insofar as I haven’t tasted anywhere near that many. Most of them were because the site hasn’t caught up fully yet with the plethora of recent Irish whiskeys, poitins, gins, etc and in fits and starts of patriotic fervour (😁 🇮🇪) I slowly tried to address that imbalance. I love the part of this app where you get to see user opinions and ratings to help guide your next purchase, and I needed more of that for what i see in stores around me.
Well done on the collector award! Happy to be ceding the mantle to such a great reviewer. Thats a crazy amount on entries!
Not surprised by this outcome. I've heard great things about Curiosity's and never been very impressed by young Farclas.