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00Q3 - THE GLENLIVET 12 French Oak [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
Definitely darker than The Glenlivet 12 - Reddish |
Nutty - penetrating (Acorn) |
Majorly thick legs Narrow on the tongue; sharper a |
Deeper, lovely |
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Centennial |
Dark Blonde |
Full |
Round |
Mild mannered |
Sweet |
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Cyclone |
Brown and orange intermingled |
Molasses, sweet |
Less than water - quick flat on glass |
Really slippery |
Less lingering than The Glenlivet 12 |
A little darker than The Glenlivet 12 yet lighter and smoother
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Irving |
Nut brown |
Faint sherry |
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Mouthful, robust |
All sherry |
Pass the bottle!
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Lakeview |
Brown |
Light talc |
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Sharp Nasal burn |
Lovely |
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Tao |
Slightly darker than The Glenlivet 12 |
Much lighter than The Glenlivet 12 |
Ave |
Smooth & Sweet |
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Much smoother than The Glenlivet 12
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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00Q3 - THE GLENLIVET 12 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
Clear; tan |
Delicate |
Firm |
Refreshing |
Short, non-threatening |
A profile of constraint. Seems like a Highland
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Centennial |
Light blonde |
Flowery |
Wispy |
Sharp |
Full-to-nose |
Likable
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Cyclone |
Apple Juice |
Light molasses, medicinal |
Wet dripping paint |
Light and silky |
Lingering light tang |
Likes to hit and stay
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Irving |
Light Amber |
Spring Flower Lightly Soapy |
Thin |
Sherry, shallow |
Lingers |
Surprisingly constrained for this overmarketed single malt
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Lakeview |
Golden |
Sweet/Supple |
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Pixie-Styx like |
Smooth |
A fine scotch to begin our meeting
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Tao |
Amber |
Straight Ahead |
Ave |
Smooth, light |
Clean
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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03Q3 - THE GLENLIVET 12 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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20Q4 - THE GLENLIVET 12 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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00Q3 - THE GLENLIVET 18 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
Perfect dark amber |
Light - Breezy |
Firm like The Glenlivet 12 |
Enveloping smooth |
Warmer
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Centennial |
Dark |
Cherry |
Fuller |
Smoothest |
Woody |
Da best, lovely
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Cyclone |
Consistent Light Brown |
Sharper more medicinal |
Wet rock just a touch |
There...then gone 3 phased: sweet, "sharp attach", |
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Irving |
Brewed Iced Tea |
Light sherry |
Long legs |
Apricot, hot, esters |
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Not as matured or as refined as one would expect of an 18
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Lakeview |
Amber |
Medicinal |
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Gentle |
Warm |
More enjoyable than The Glenlivet 12
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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Tao |
Honey |
Slight |
Same as The GlenLivet 12 |
Ultra smooth |
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Not that much better per age - if any than The Glenlivet 12 or The Glenlivet 12 - French Oak. Prefer the French Oak.
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00Q3-Irving
September 9th, 2000 |
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03Q3 - THE GLENLIVET 18 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |