ralfy review 849 - Dalwhinnie 15yo @43%vol:
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Can’t argue but this will always have a special place for me as when my Dad died last year I found an unopened bottle of this in his cupboards, and my brother, my brother in law and I drank the lot whilst reminiscing. So it will always be amplified in my affection because of those memories.
wow same thing, i came to whisky by finding an old livet 12 in bar of my dad after he died years ago. i enjoeyd and getting more and more...
I can't imagine a better way to enjoy this particular whisky. For good times and the bad.
This is the Whisky that started my whisky journey 15years ago & the first ever distillery tour I ever went on !! Lovely stuff !!
Always keep a bottle in the collection, simply because it's a great one for newbies to whisky - and sometimes you fancy something unchallenging and friendly.
As a newbie, I can confirm this is lovely and approachable
You won't believe this. I just picked up a bottle of this at the only liquor store in my very rural county. I had audited this video and remembered about the flimsy box. Well I did not drop the bottle out of the bottom of the box. It shot out of the top as I carried it to the cash register. Good bottle. Rubberized fakey wood grain floor. SAVED. I shall always remember my first foray out to buy my first single malt.
I must admit this is a whiskey that's a constant in my cabinet and I enjoy it whenever I fancy something a bit lighter. The review and the drop in mark in the decade since the last review is indicative of changing taste and a developed palate. For me 82 is a reasonable score, though personally I'd have marked it a couple higher (which perhaps reflects my much reduced experience with whiskey). I'd never considered adding water to this whiskey as it is so light to begin with, but I may experiment next time. As always Ralphy, you impress with your knowledge, honesty and straightforward style. I adore your videos for their lack of pretentiousness, your good humour and evident huge knowledge of malt.
I'll be honest your little brother brought me here with his crazy blended whisky distilling trick and you gained a subscriber. I'm glad that the first single malt I ever had was Dalwhinnie in Dalwhinnie, and it opened a door I didn't realize was even there. It IS a great beginner's whisky and I think we all need something like that, otherwise maybe there would be less beginners.
Great point Chuck! Enjoy the whisky journey.
I have this as my first right now ..interesting stuff
i totally agree with you on the flimsy cardboard packaging. i nearly dropped my bottle opening it. i havent drank much of it yet because its a bit too sweet for my taste. one thing i did notice is after pouring a dram and leaving it for over an hour it changed the taste quite a bit.
Back in the early 1990s I went from Glen Moray 12, Tamnavulin 12 and then to Dalwhinnie 15 as my single malt of choice. I seem to remember it being more syrupy, heather honey back then, along with baked sugared apples and saltanas and spices.
Talking of poor boxes, I had a bottle of Lagavulin 8 fall through the box's bottom last year and I once had a canister of Scapa 14 from the 1990s whose mustard coloured artwork was printed upside down so the metal lid was on the bottom! Potentially very dangerous...
7 years ago Dalwhinnie was the single malt that got me into single malts. Now it's a shade of what it was :(.
Your palate might have changed as well
One of my favorite drams, bar none. Very underrated due to its understated nature.
🥃🥃🥃🥃
Dalwhinnie Distiller's Edition is the only standout from them, a lot better than their age statement products
the DE is age stated as well
Your video reminded me of a paraphrase of the Mark Twain quote I coined that went, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Aberdeen."
Very nice review. I ran over to my bar while watching and checked the Dalwhinnie packaging and sure enough the cardboard box is indeed very flimsy compared to my other scotch containers. Leave it to you to make such an esoteric but spot on observation; something I wouldn't otherwise have taken notice of. We visited the Dalwhinnie distillery in 2016 and enjoyed the tour and tasting. I agree fully with your evaluation. Thanks for another enjoyable review.
Wow Ralfy you were way too hard on this one. Love this whisky, easy drinking yes but that's OK, does its job well enough for me, and it's no Irish, nothing in common with let's say Redbreast 12 which is nice but so delicate I only get it at this time of year, and more for the memories it evokes, which can matter much more than all the high malt marks from the bothy 😁
Ralfy you say that the cardbox box on this is flimsy but I just got a Springbank 15 which appears to have an equally flimsy box. I understand all the money goes into the liquid there but I expect better presentation for over £50-60.. :/ While I'm at it... more interesting graphics on the bottle? It looks like I made it. I know it's super traditional but still.
The 12 CS, 15 Rum Wood, and the 18/21 YOs with the cutouts in the box, to show off the bottle, are even worse.
@LongCity That's exactly right mate, at Springbank they seem to make all the right calls, but in the case of packaging it's like they couldn't care less. I mean maybe it's substance over appearances, but geez - for a bottle like those you mentioned they could at least provide some tougher cardboard.
For the price of the Springbank 21, you should be getting the box with the magnetic closures or clasp like the Kavalan boxes.
Ralfy, Not sure without watching again, but I think you failed to mention that Dalwhinnie is "The Gentle Spirit?"
I wrote off Dalwhinnie because if Diageo isn't going to take this distillery seriously, neither should I. Give it some proper casks and stop skimping on the honeyed experience I wanted to receive!
It gets the same casks as the rest of their whiskies.
@@lordprefab5534 If you mean the type of casks sure but I was indicating the quality of the casks here. It's very clear that the casks are subpar when you taste it and the spirit character is largely faded and anemic at 15 years old because there is no cask influence, be it from the contents or the oak itself, to speak of.
It is a re-review. In the last one Ralfy marked Dalwhinie 90/100. I am wondering what happened from then to now.
Mass production is one of the reason quality diminishes.
Could easily be bottle variation. I had a bottle a year or so ago and it was quite good. These things are very noticeable in lighter malts.
He has a pattern of bashing distilleries that don't roll out the red carpet. Typical "don't you know who I am" attitude.
Had myself some Dalwhinnies 15 in the last 2 years.Great whisky for the price i must say. I can buy it here for like 32 Euro.
Thank you, Ralfy. I almost bought this one last time Diageo had a $10 off, but opted for Talisker 10 at that time. I made a note to myself at what price I'd maybe consider it. At this point I'll skip it altogether. I'm sure I'd like it, but at the price I'll avoid it. It's one of those things that sooner or later someone will give me as gift, that'll do. At this price there are many 10 or 12-yo integrity bottlings that I'd rather get.
It is light, but you cannot go wrong either , there is so much sorts that prize-wize cannot compete in this class towards it. The value is really high as the bottles are mid ranged in price but deliver much more than expected. yes it is 15, it could have a slight more bang but it works quite well.
Is $92 midrange? I guess it is.
Dear Ralfy,
Where did Ralfy review number 848 end up?
Warm regards
well spotted
It has happened before. His review of Monkey Shoulder is a good example, can't find that one anymore! Trust me, it did happen!
And number 5 ?
Got a bottle for $35 at half off. That's about right for what it is. I've seen it at $90 in other stores.
I just got mine today, the supplier had to removed the bottle from the package and pack it both in a seperate box. Disappointed with the package, for a collector point of view.
Dalwhinnie, like Cragganmore, is borderline mismanaged in my eyes. Weak casks, a generic overblended profile, and very restricted releases don't make for a positive brand experience.
Dalwhinnie aged in first-fill bourbon casks for 15 years at 50% ABV with no color and no chill filtering would be an absolute stonker. Would take on Balvenie and Glenlivet
Summer left last week here in Alberta mate. -15 this week. 🤨
Dalwhinnie used to be one of my go-to whiskies. With that wonderful heather honey tone, combined with something almost marine salty mineral.
Not so anymore. For me, it's turned into a vanilla bomb. Bland and boring.
What a great dram this could be in good casks, unchillfiltered, 46%, natural colour.
It so much deserves it, as the location of the distillery is second to none.
Once upon a time Dalwhinnie 15 was quite a good drop (in my opinion) - but in recent years I feel it has lost a lot of quality. I know that you and I have had a wee chat about this previously Ralfy - cask selection?
Ok, second video I’ve watched. I like Irish whisky. I have a bottle of Dalwhinnie Winter’s Gold on the shelf.
I’m sat at home drinking a whiskey cocktail 😆🍹
I've been to Pitlochry on the River Tummel, what a quaint and delightful place. Visited from Canada.
so less than a queen margot lidl blend. humm ok dude.
That was a blend mark malt mate
The idea that more extreme flavors equal "better" is not always true. Although I do occasionally like the massive peat of some lowlands, or the salinity of the Malts made on the coasts, my FAVORITE Scotch is, hands-down, Dalwhinnie. It has been my go-to scotch for nearly 30 years, and it's the only one I repurchase consistently. It's smoothness, balance, gentle maltiness, and mild sweetness are hallmarks of what makes a ":great Scotch" for me...
coincidence, just had a dram of it tonight, I bought a bottle because of the price, but I agree with u Ralfy..it's not impressing. Ciao!
One of my wife’s favorites. Very easy to drink. I agree with the box and tasting notes.
Ralfy,not sure about you but I find psychedelics,especially mushrooms ,distort my perception of taste but make for an interesting experience. When tripping,its hard to be objective don't you think?
Ralfy I agree that the box is very flimsy, but I feel I should point out as well that I think your box was improperly assembled. The flap with the hole goes in first, then the two side flaps and then the one with the tang goes over. This makes the whole a lot more rigid.
I kind of went off of Dalwhinnie after a visit to the distillery a few years ago...I got the chance to nose the unaged spirit and found that 15 years of aging does very little to it. Sad.
It was so much muchier. It's lost its muchness.
Diageo 👎
Diageo is so bad and so good at the same time. Maddening watering down and coloring of whisky, yet some very solid consistent releases like lagavulin 16 and talisker.
@@Nick-mg5xl My gripe is more with their corporate policy to send a million dollars to a Marxist domestic terrorist organization trying to overthrow my government & civilization, but yes, I also take offense to the practice of diluting, filtering & coloring what should be a more naturally presented product ✌️
@@MrChristopherMolloy worse, they’ve set up a $20 million fund now as well as spending a million from several of the brands to support BLM. Done buying their products. Shameful.
@@bravowhiskey4684 I'm done too.
@@bravowhiskey4684 Marxist Academic Zombies have infiltrated so many companies, it's hard to keep track of the craziness. They're everywhere. They'll bleed these companies dry to fund their revolution.
If it wasn't 80 USD over here, I'd be willing to give it a try but for $80 there's much more exciting whiskies on the shelf.
Quute a drop in malt mark... 82 versus 90 10 yrs ago! Everything changes.
After all these years, I know you malt marks from your presentations. I called 82 ! Cheers from NYC!
I have a bottle of this and before watching the review. I think I know it's not going to get a great review. It's one of those bottles that is often on offer and as it's from Diageo. I didn't expect much. I enjoy mine as an uncomplicated and simple and inoffensive whisky. I think the age statement on the bottle and price, combined with the nice bottle shape makes this a seller.
Ralfy, my dear Parasocial Pal,
I've just compared your two reviews of the Dalwhinnie 15, from 3 and 13 years ago, and as a friend, I have to say:
Please consider - what actually changed over that decade? Your 2011 review was cheerful, positive, embracing the distinct charms of the malt; you 2021 review was a bit snarky, and clearly influenced by preconceptions about chill-filtration and artificial color. The original review was a celebration; the latter review was an assassination. Has the whiskey changed that much, or have you, my friend?
Ralfy,
I've depended on your wisdom and companionship as I've progressed on my whisky journey. I take it as an article of faith that you know more than I will ever know about single malt scotch whisky, and I have greatly benefited from your wealth of knowledge, and your unpretentious way of sharing your delight in the world of whisky. But I was struck by the contrast between those two reviews. I sat with the Dalwhinnie 15 in hand, and your 2011 review resonated with my own experience: This is a delightful dram - "The Honey Dram," as you styled it then - and I was grateful for your vindication of my delight. Then came your 2021 review, and the snark. You took pains to remind me that this malt was chill-filtered, and artificially colored, and therefore suspect. You prepared me to dislike the dram at hand. And ultimately, you rendered a verdict: 82/100, as compared with the 90-point mark you recorded ten years before. Which leaves me to ask: What has really changed over those ten years? Has the malt really degraded so far? Has your palate been so greatly educated that what impressed you before now leaves you cold? Or have your fallen prey to a certain curmudgeonliness - which happens to the best of us (so I'm told). I ask the question with genuine concern, but also with a tongue-in cheek. I have trusted your judgement in these matters since I first stumbled across your channel, and I will continue to do so.
Yours sincerely,
Jimbo
Ralfy you scored a 19 year old bottle of St Magdelene 97 in whisky review 764 😉
The mushrooms made him forget 🥃
I wasn't going to say anything. 🤣
Hi Mark. Yes, you are technically correct but the St Magdalene which he "reviewed" is so rare, valued at thousands of pounds, that I'm not sure you could count this as a legitimate review. I wonder what score Ralfy would give, after drinking a bottle of Springbank Distillery Bottling from December 1919 ?!!! (They do exist), valued at £10,000..
@@RebMordechaiReviews l
Reb... I want to rate that bottle of Springbank...
Ralfy probably has enough Springbanks... “pass the Springbank pon the lef’ hand side!”
Good review Ralfy, for me Dalwhinnie is a beginners whisky, i’ve had this one in the past and also a 12 and the nas winters gold but for me they have no depth.
Your review is on point. Disappointing dram IMO, I had too high expectations. Highland park 12 is much better. Tallisker 10 is even better 😂
OK I'm no malt mate. I barely know which end the bottle pours out. Well, not that rough really. I can and have for many years enjoyed drinking a decent Scotch neat. And Scotch is my drink when I drink. Though I often drink it over ice. That said ... I managed in my nearest tiny town ( 23 miles away ) to find a bottle of Dalwhinnie 15 year old for which I paid the ridiculous price of 92 dollars and 13 cents for. It is not a bad whisky. It goes down ok and has a bit of flavor. Hardly any nose however. It's pretty weak sauce. "The Gentle Spirit" indeed. Lesson learned.
There you have it a malt mark... I’m not surprised that this went so low in score... poor Dalwhinnie... it could be such a nice product if they would spent more resources on their cask sourcing.
Why would a brand spend all the time and money on average?
Was it an accident? If so... why not try to lift it up with some more time in a better cask???
You better believe I’ll be awaiting the Glendronachologie.
Here in the US of A we barely ever see Bourbon or whiskey (whisky..take your pick) with a box or container. I don’t know the reasoning but I like certain ones marketed that way. Some boxes have a lot of character. Not Dalwhinnie apparently.
Umm.... This is not similar to Jameson AT ALL. I don't know where you'd get that from other than both being very mild and friendly, "easy" to drink whiskies. The flavour profile is pretty different.
I like this one but at the near same price point I'd choose the Hazelburn 10 (when I can find it). For me, after I try a bottle it becomes what's the best the price point with a similar flavour profile. For instance, I'd by the Arran 10 at about half the price of the Hazelburn 10 or the Aberlour A'Bunadh at the same price as the HB10 because they are different. In no way will I ever by the Lasanta by Glenmorangie.
Benrinnes distillery isn’t so high I don’t think, my pal lives nearby, it’s somewhere around 210-220 metres above sea level. I think Alt a bhainne on the other side of the hill is higher.
My first single malt was Cragganmore. I suppose I was kind of lucky with it, but I would have had an easier time getting into whisky if it'd been Dalwhinnie. I like it a lot. :)
Perhaps the doyen of online whisky buffs, and as such Ralfy is totally convinced of his own omniscience.
I found this very very similar to Aultmore 12 year ralfy? What’s your thoughts?
Dalwhinnie 15 is how Aragorn's Arwen tastes down there.
Missed. 😐 Since I am presently drinking the stuff I guessed 80/100
Great review thanks !
Really disappointing whisky to be honest. It's just so plain.
Bought this once. I’ll be hard pressed to repeat that purchase. I was unimpressed. My beginner list would include the standard bottlings from Glenmorangie or Glenfiddich before the Dalwhinnie 15. It just fails to answer the question “why?” There’s nothing there to motivate me to return.
Please add Glencadam 10 and Deanston 12 to your beginners list. You won't regret it.
@@RebMordechaiReviews Dalwhinnie 15 is great to start with in my eyes. Deanston 12 is nice, never had a Glencadam. But there is so much out there.
Re: flimsy box. I've only ever bought Dalwhinnie 15yo once... and the bottom of the box gave out and the bottle dropped and smashed on the floor as soon as I crossed the threshold of my front door. Rookie error from my early days of Whisky.
Just recently went through a bottle of this. Went quite quickly. Probably because I kept trying to get something more - which never happened.
True: this is ok to introduce someone inexperienced to whisky - or even distillates at all. But that’s about it.
Surprised it took this long for the "Mandalorian" to be malt mentioned. Back to the drawing board for me!
Dalwhinnie of this kind is my favourite. Greetings from Germany. (I am turning 72 on coming saturday)
Hello Ralfy, there is a Dalek in the Background. Are you Doctor Who Fan? I'm also. Greetings from Germany. Robert
I always tape the bottoms of my boxes and containers for that exact reason even if they seem sturdy, haven’t had a bottle break on me yet. Knock on wood
yeah, I just got this and I find it pretty flat.
2030: all Dia6eo product is blended with wood pulp alcohol. You'll drink it and be happy! ;) At that point the meadow mushrooms might be the safer option LOL :)
RALFY I bought a bottle of Taliskers 10yo a few years ago and I’m afraid to admit that when I grabbed it out of the back seat of the car it popped through the bottom of the box and became driveway cleaner in less than a second. Piss poor box quality. 😢
PS I was not drinking while driving!
1:28 Benrinnes is definitely not the highest, Ralfy... Checking the publicly accessible Ordnance Survey Map at Walkhighlands.com (my go-to website for fun info about the Scottish hills), one sees Benrinnes distillery sitting between the 210 and 215m altitude lines. To my knowledge, the only other contender for being the highest would be Braes of Glenlivet. Both it and Dalwhinnie sit just above the 350m mark.
As for the map, which you can zoom in and out and fly over by dragging it: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/map3_37cg.shtml
Always a pleasure to watch u
Box was enough to put me off. I’ll have a dram if I come across it in a pub somewhere, but won’t buy a bottle where they cheap out like that. Makes me wonder what else they’ve gone cheap on. Not to mention the chill filtering and colouring.
My second night with this dram. I'm happy. Though it's over priced I think. Pretty sure it is indeed a good beginners offering. Would be easy to drink too much of this stuff. 😉 For the life of me I cannot find the peat many say is supposed to be there and I can taste a bit of peat in Dewers White Label.
Me and Ralfy: "Drink whisky"
All mandalorians: "This is the way"
This is exactly my sentiment when I submitted the malt mention. Cheers!
@@perthsebastian1698 Cheers!
This is the way
Hi Ralfy greetings from cyprus
Braeval, not Benrinnes is the highest located distillery in Scotland - Check the Ordonnance Survey Maps - thanks
Wow he gave this a 90 in 2010
I am new to Single Malts, and Dalwhinnie 15 was my first bottle. Later I got myself Caol Ila which I absolutely adore and then Balvenie Double Wood. I got 2 questions for the experts: 1. How am I doing so far? 2. Which bottle should I get next?
Personally, I was thinking about Lagavulin 16. Any other suggestions?
add another vote for Bunnahabhain 12.
Also agree that you seem to be developing your palate very well. If you can afford it, I'd go for a Caol Ila 18 to see how peat declines and the fruits come more to the fore as the whisky gets older. I'd also sidestep to the Old Ballantruan 10 or 15 to see how mainland peat contrasts with very different coastal Islay peat. One last piece of advice. Don't fall into the trap that so many do, that is that they transition from non peated Speysiders to peated Islays and get stuck there. You'll miss out on some fantastic single malts from Glencadam, Deanston, Benriach, Springbank, Clynelish,....
@@RebMordechaiReviews thanks a lot for the lovely comment and advice. I recently tried Glenlivet 18 in a bar, it was lovely. It was very complex for my beginner palate and I was not able to extract much from it. However, I still found some "remembrance" of peat (not sure if it has peat), fruits, vanilla and interestingly when I burped, I found some nuts, probably almonds. :)
@@sh1vaay321 If you order something in a bar, I wouldn't start assessing the whisky aromas and flavours as there are just too many extraneous smells in your surroundings to make any reliable assessment. Instead, just enjoy it for what it is within the environment. Glenlivet 18 is not peated but, besides picking up surrounding smells (for instance, the person near you could have just finished his cigarette and you picked up the smoke), you might be sensitive to the charred oak barrels which many mistake as peat smoke. With a bit of experience you will learn to tell the difference.
Regarding your burping in public, besides being TMI, despite never frequenting bars myself, I would think that such behaviour is not exactly socially acceptable. Besides (unless you were joking), trying to assess flavour notes of the whisky from your burp is even less accurate than from a glass in a bar, due to extraneous odours emanating from the contents of your stomach.
@@RebMordechaiReviews I have heard that a lot of people do get the smokey note in a non-peated whiskey. I am guessing people who are sensitive to the charred oak barrels might pick up that smokey note. Although the smoke was not the typical medicinal note which you often find in peated whiskeys. So I think you are right about the charred barrels.
I appreciate your concern regarding me burping in public and I kinda find it amusing how you judged my social behavior and thought that I might need some social etiquette lessons lol. I apologize if it was TMI for you, but to be honest, I found it interesting, and since I am a newbie so I thought of sharing this info with the "experts" to get their two cents on this. :)
Oh and just to be clear, I didn't blow the roof off with my burp! :)
g'day ralphy. you mention a drop in quality due to the management of barrels under current policies. Surely in the case of this review, you are seeing the effects of poor barrel selection and management from 15 years ago? Does it mean that the oak or the bourbon in the original cask was of poor quality? It would be great if you could explore these questions a bit more in your extras in the near future for us.
. . . it looks to me to be that way.
well, it's 10/20/21 and based on the first minute, I picked a good time to pick up this bottle.
I've got an unopened bottle of this that's sat for probably 10 years. Seeing a few comments that the recent stuff is a bit peely wally. May have try open it someday.
You hide the clivey clicker now Ralfy - I miss seeing it emerge from the side, be almost caressed before being tapped with great satisfaction.
That paper cup you store the marks in - you always seem to struggle getting them out. I think you should return to using the little box they were previously stored in.
I cannot understand why so many people have given this review a thumbs down? It was a perfectly reasonable review with ample justification for the opinions expressed and malt mark given.
I realise its easy to criticise Dalwhinnie but it has its place. You don't always fancy a Mortlach or a cask strength Laphroaig!! I sometimes fancy something lighter and I'll admit to having a soft spot for the signature honeyed fruits this has. Ralfys malt Mark is his opinion. Nothing more or less...
I still have a probably early 2000's bottle somewhere :-) ... but Ralfy, one question ? Where is review 848 ? I can't find it. Did I miss something ?
I find this even in the local drugstore in the trainstation. 😅
I drank it in a bar a few Time. Unimpressed, never wanted a full Bottle. the flavour seems not to be unique. Little honeycombs in there, well ok.
@ralfydotcom. Benrinnes is nowhere near the highest distillery. It’s Braeval in Glenlivet. My handheld GPS puts that distillery higher than Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie is only the highest with a visitors centre.
It's sweet and easy. Light. It's the gentle spirit for a reason. Don't buy it for a bruising malt packed scotch. After dinner malt, maybe a half hour before bed. Maybe even with dessert right after dinner. When I make a Rob Roy with blood orange bitters in the Holiday season I use Dalwhinnie 15 often. It takes the rest of the year to drink the bottle. If I have a Dalwhinnie 15 and a Highland Park 12 on the shelf, I'll have finished the Highland Park in a quarter of the time. The Dalwhinnie 15 is frankly too expensive however.
I'll tell you what, this review is spot-on. I tried this recently in a bar and nothing stood out. So generic. 20 years ago this along with Cragganmore 12 was a stunner. Not anymore.
If you like bland and plain you should try the Balblair 12. Now that is insipid. Nice and gentle but sooo boring. If anybody wants to swap half a bottle of Balblair 12, let me know.
Many thanks for the review. The local Hillsboro, Virginia FFWCS (Fly Fishers Whiskey and Cigar Society) met earlier this week to taste a new bottle of the Dalwhinnie 15. As you stated the box is a mess, but given that we all have nimble fingers from tying on very small flies using very small knots, the bottle stayed in tact. Regarding our tasting: we all agree that it reminds us of an Irish whiskey, light with a floral nose. Also, your suggestion of adding a wee bit of water was excellent. It definitely opened up the dram. Bottom line: we agree with your 80 malt rating. Many thanks for all the reviews.
Ralfy, how do you recognize sultana? Often in your reviews, you talk about this particular grape in flavour. In Russia, sultana is any small seedless grape. I don't quite understand what it taste and aroma is.
. . . a lighter flavoured rasin. In the UK sultanas are white grape rasins.
In my area of the US...this used to be $50 and I always had a bottle......now it's $75 and there is no way I would ever buy it again. Way overpriced. It's a solid dram but there are so many that are better in that price range.
This had been gifted to me as my starter point into whisky ,I don't have the experience to judge it to others, but I find it light with a sweet apple then spicy, Done the water drop thing and found it more flavourful..I'm enjoying this journey and have 5 testers coming this weekend ,monkey shoulder, Japanese hibiki, Johnny walker green ,mcallan 25 ,and dalmore cigar..hopefully they are different enough to see what kind of tastes I prefer..here goes 😀
Relly like this one but the distillers edition is reely good
I would agree although I find the 15 quite a bit better than any N.A.S distillers edition. Everyone has their personal preference though! I wish dalwhinnie was bottled at 46%+ and non chill filtered :// maybe one day..hopefully one day lol (looking at you ... *Diageo* ...)
It's funny I took this opportunity to open a long held bottle -- distillers edition 1997/2013. Oloroso finish. It is really really good. Shocked a bit over here in the US.
Got to say , I quite like it. I think you might be right about using it to press gang newbies .
I am glad I bought this as one of my first bottles on my whisky journey: fairly priced, widely available and good for beginners. My palate has since moved on to other brands and integrity bottlings, but I will be grateful for the first steps I took with Dalwhinnie 15yo.
Thanks for reviewing this whisky as you said you would . Slainte Mhath
Winters gold, the £40 single malt bought for mixing 😂😄 did you have one dram too many there?
I agree with what you say. This malt has much more potential. Would be nice to find an independent bottling of non chill filtered dalwhinnie...