Challenging An Old Favourite: Glenfarclas 15 Single Malt Scotch vs. KWM Glenfarclas 15 Doorcrasher
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- While I paid for my samples of these whiskies and receive no compensation from KWM, if you'd like to pick up a bottle you can find the link to the Glenfarclas 15 Year Door Crasher below. Cheers!
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In this video I am revisiting a whisky that really impressed me early in my whisky journey, the Glenfarclas 15 year old single malt scotch whisky. When I first tried the Glenfarclas 15 year old over a decade ago it stuck me that this whisky seemed to carry so much more flavour and body than the 10, 12, 17, and 21 year old. It was my go to of the Glenfarclas core age stated releases due to this high performance, higher bottling strength at 46% and great price, often on sale for under $70. Fast forward to today and the Glenfarclas 15 Year has essentially doubled in price in my market. Seems like the perfect time to challenge my past notions of this whisky and see if it is all that I remember it was. As a means of comparison I thought it would be a great challenge to see how it fares versus a small batch Glenfarclas 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky bottled for Kensington Wine Market in Calgary. The KWM Glenfarclas 15 year old "Door Crasher" was bottled to mark the anniversary of a whisky lover who just couldn't wait until the morning to pick up their bottle of Springbank and decided to drive a stolen Dodge Ram through the front doors of Kensington Wine Market. Yikes. I mean Springbank is good, but not that good guys... The KWM Glenfarclas 15 Year "Door Crasher" is bottled at 56% ABV with 456 bottles produced, both details seemingly being a nod to the fact that this rude Dodge Ram picked up their Springbank order at 4:56AM. I love the tongue in cheek fun concept of this bottling and really enjoyed comparing it to the standard Glenfarclas 15 year old. Do I recommend you pickup either of these whiskies, both or neither? Watch the video to find out. Thanks for supporting the channel by watching this review. Cheers!
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Great video Matt
Consider doing a video on some of the Turntable blends sometime! I did the KWM virtual tasting and some of them were great
I have not had that door crasher, but I continue to enjoy the regular 15. Just hits where I enjoy it, especially at the price I can still get it. Thanks for sharing
Who knew we needed a higher abv 15... but we absolutely do! This is similar to my TWE Glenfarclas 15 video where I pick the higher abv one as well, Shocker I know! Great head to head Matt and cool story about the doorcrasher. Cheers!
Fabulous video Matt!!! LOVE your thoughts!! 🙂
Great review of Glenfarclas Matt. I love the 15 as it offers nutty chocolatey not overpowering sherry to my palate and it's at 46%. Great story on that KWM doorcrasher. I always wanted to grab a 25 year old for stashing it so I cringed forking over $275 for it pre-pandemic and now it's at $500 in Ontario but looking back it seems, it was a great purchase.
Great episode. GFC-15 used to be very oily with that "pencil shavings" aroma, darker late Summer fruits . . . better cask for sure. Some time 2018 depleted stocks of GFC-17 and -21 allows GFC to concentrate on the 15 and 25, and 17/21 may not return until 2025-26... In Ontario, GFC15 2021 batch sold for 105$, then ... whoop ... 175$ now with new 2024 release, sadly. I prefer the 17, but the 25 (270 $CA) was best : it has a similar nose to the GFC-40 , donkey years ago (2004) at 600$CA/bottle !..
Great review, as usual! Speaking of batch variation, I have an upcoming review that really highlights that… and not in a good way 😅 I have been eyeing that KWM bottle and may go for it now. Cheers, Matt!
Great H2H.There are a few stores that have the 15 for $105 to $108. The last one I got there was 71 and very good. Farclas has turned into Macallan in Ontario price wise so I have moved on. I wish the shipping option from KWM was not such a logistical pain in the butt.
Unlikely to be any Springbank damaged!! Never stays in stock!!
15 is definitely a fav of mine. I am really getting upset with all the price increases. My only thought is that they are cutting supplies into Canada and USA to focus on the EU. The prices don’t seem to be spiking too much in the UK and Germany and they are push out multiple special releases each year.
My answer is the 105. Still sub 100 in Alberta and able to stretch the cask strength with water. I find it as good as the 15 with a bit of a kick. The KWM 15 is something I would love to try out if you know anyone who can help a brother out. Awesome shoot out Matt. Cheers and great review of both. Cheers man.
15 was never available in the US. You can still find the 15 for $105 in Alberta, but those stores charge Ontario tax and we all know the shipping costs are brutal to Ontario. KWM is a bit of a pain when it comes to shipping .