Battle of the 10-12yo Giants Pt 1

by **Marvin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:59 pm

Remember this is the standard 10-12yo bottlings only!

by **DramMeister** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:33 pm

An unusual selection. I've not had all of these (Glenrothes, Dalmore). Don't like Cragganmore, but the other 3 are good IMO. I went for the Glengoyne.

by **Reggaeblues** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:34 am

Springbank of this lot...

by **irishwhiskeychaser** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:15 am

Do glenrothes do a standard 10-12yo ????? I thought they were mostly vintage bottlings.

Anyway the Glenrothes gets my vote ...........

by **Wave** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:16 am

Do glenrothes do a standard 10-12yo ????? I thought they were mostly vintage bottlings.

Glenrothes had an '92, 11yo out not too long ago.

I don't think I've ever heard of a "standard" Glenrothes, even that 11yo is considered a vintage bottling. The only other bottling I know of is the Select Reserve which is anybody's guess as to it's age.

So to keep it all fair I went with the Balvenie ...or I could say Balvenies, both the 10 & 12 are fine drams.

Cheers!

by **Jan** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:45 am

Balvenie for me, although Cragganmore and Glenrothes are very good also.

I quite like Springbank, but prefer it in a more mature expression.

by **Dubois** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:48 am

Glenrothes on first,
Balvenie on second.

by **Bullie** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:22 am

In this vote: Balvenie 12yo DW

by **Paul A Jellis** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:41 am

Dalmore. Is there a prize if we get all these right?

by **les taylor** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:46 am

I voted Balvenie the doublewood and founders reserve are both handsome beasts.

by **Choochoo** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:13 pm

I voted for Dalmore. The rest on the list I've either not had, or didn't think too highly of. Dalmore is pretty good, not great, but it gets big points from me for simply being a quality malt that is always sold at a lower, and reasonable price when compared to other similar malts.

by **Marvin** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:15 pm

irishwhiskeychaser wrote:Do glenrothes do a standard 10-12yo ????? I thought they were mostly vintage bottlings.

Anyway the Glenrothes gets my vote ...........

You've obviously never tried it if you dont know of a standard Glenrothes so to vote for it is sheer stupidity.

by **Marvin** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:17 pm

Right it would appear there may not be a standard Glenrothes, so can I ask why 4 people have voted for it?

by **Deactivated Member** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:19 pm

That's what I like about you, Marvin. You're such a charmer.

by **irishwhiskeychaser** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:53 pm

Glenrothes gets my vote because all the non standard bottles they produce (or vintages as they like to call them) they actually are their standard bottles at the end of the day, but I'll keep an eye out for a 10 or 12 yo :lol:

oh yea and it is a great distillery of which I've yet to have a bad example.

they do have a distillers select though but that is a NAS bottle

Battle of the 10-12yo Giants Pt 1

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Battle of the 10-12yo Giants Pt 1