Glen Scotia 15 Year Old

Very nice review! Rather than getting your feet wet you took a big plunge.

Very well-written and informative. One of the distilleries I hear little about. I'll have to see if I can find some to try.

Nice review. Well written and informative. I will definitely be on the lookout for this one. I have had the Glen Scotia 12 and recall it being quite drinkable so I would expect the 15 to be another step up.

Ralfy is a very knowledgeable and usually reliable reviewer. I would be careful not to take everything he says as gospel though. I have been disappointed more than a few times after going with his recommendations. His taste buds and moods are as fallible as those of the rest of us. And best to disregard any of his misguided medical advice.

@BlueNote Good point about Ralfy (particularly his medical advice). He recently gave the Caol Ila 17 YO unpeated CS a score of 84 and I gave it (if I recall correctly) a 90. He also scores stuff higher that I would look over in favour of water. But a lot of his information does allow me to make good choices. A'Bunadh was an early success.

I was also intrigued by Ralfy's review so thanks for doing this! Nice review btw!

I was able to try the 25 year old a few months back and have to say I wasn't overly impressed. It was unusual, I'd give it that, but it didn't make me want to rush out and try other offerings.

Haha. Yes Ralfy's medical advice is best taken with a large pinch of salt.

He waters his whisky a lot more than I do. I generally don't water anything below 46% and then usually only a few drops or a 1/4 teaspoon.

Ralfy at the end of the day is just someone who gives an opinion on a whisky. Same as anyone else. Difference being I suppose he's got a bit more experience than your average whisky drinker. I do find some of his tasting notes amusing. I think how on earth are you getting that? I usually can't get more than maybe half a ddozen tops taste references from a whisky.

I prefer him to Jim Murray though. Who seems a bit up his own arse and who I quite often completely disagree with about a whisky.

@Wierdo Plus he (Murray) looks like a complete wanker on the cover of his Whisky Bible.

@BlueNote Such a jaundiced view you have of his book covers...

@Nozinan It's true. I think increasing cynicism is directly proportional to increasing age.

@BlueNote I was referring to the eyes of a man with Liver failure.... the jaundice in his eyes on the covers of his books... the irony!

@Nozinan Ah, gotcha, ironic indeed. His eyes have a slightly sulphurous look too. Possibly the result of too much dodgy Macallan. And I was referring to my own increasing cynicism, not yours.

@BlueNote My cynicism is increasing faster than my age...

Some of Murray's advice on how to drink whisky is just ridiculous.

Don't add water. If you do it's no longer whisky. So seeing as they add water at bottling that basically means that anything that is not cask strength is not whisky.