Glendronach is sherry cask matured whisky and you are in no doubt at any time. If we’re talking about sherry bombs, then Glendronach needs to be in the conversation.
There are many that have favorite distilleries, and it could be fun to do a tasting with Macallan, Aberlour, Glenfarclas and Glendronach just to name a few and taste the difference – They all have a 12 year old in the core range bottlings.
I know there is a difference, but can we taste it?
Glendronach, like several other distilleries, was challenged in the 1980s and 90s, but has recovered well.
In 1996, the distillery was shut down and started production up again in 2002.
In 2005, production is shut down for a period to upgrade from direct coal fire under the pot stills to indirect steam heating.
In 2009, Glendronach is ready to relaunch their 12, 15 and 18 year bottlings. The distillery changed owners in 2008 and now the owners of the Benriach distillery are making more different whiskies to the range, including peated editions, until 2016 when Brown Forman buys the distillery and they are keeping up the good taste og Glendronach.
Pyha, it became a bit of a history lesson just to say that this is a wonderful whisky with a good sherry taste.
Glendronach is one of the whiskies one should have in the home bar.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Glendronach
๐๐๐ข๐: Original
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ: Core range
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland – Highland
๐ผ๐๐: 12 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 43
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Pedro Ximรฉnez and Oloroso sherry
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: Yes
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: No
๐๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐๐: Relaunch in 2009 after a long mothballed periode
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๐: Vinous, vanilla sweetness, a little spicy ginger, green apples and ripe pears, some oak wood and a little soft new leather
๐: Oily feel, dry, warm, sherry dried fruits, wood, pepper, raisin sweetness, maybe a little anis
๐: Sherry at first, then oak and mild raisins, a lovely oily feel
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๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ – ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ