Thanks for the comment Peter! Sad to hear that, since 12 year old Glenlivet is a favorite of mine. Let’s hope that the unpleasant aftertaste was caused by a bad batch or a bottling.

Thanks for the comment Francis, that’s a good point!

Thank you for your comment PW Gardner! I’m with you on this one. This Glenlivet is easy to drink and nothing to get upset about if you get it with 22£.

Middle of the road no thrills with no discernable upsets and goes down eezy. Nothing to get upset about if you want a reasonable single malt dram to keep the inclement weather at bay.
Obviously not an expensive whisky but what would you expect for a ageless cheapy.

It’s quite nice altogether even though it isn’t as peaty heavy as my fave Jura; i can’t find anything big to complain about and will drink this bottle of sunny shaded joy.

Cheers from a Englishman living in Glamorgan who once lived up Paisley 👍

You’re probably replying to V. B. Winner? For me Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve wasn’t harsh either. On the contrary, it’s very smooth. But lacks in character unlike the 12 year old which is why I liked 12YO better. Of course it’s always a matter of taste. Each individual feels whiskies differently and even a light whisky can taste harsh to inexperienced whisky drinker.

Harsh? This is not in the slightest harsh in my opinion, in fact I find it one of the least harsh whiskies I’ve tried.

Not complex? probably yes, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

This is just the kind of whisky that could introduce non whisky drinkers to Scotch and I for one, like it a lot. In fact, I prefer it to the 12 year old.

Hear hear! Thanks for your comment, I’m with you on this one. We have to have standards, and I’m also worried that whisky industry is lowering its standards. Or at least you have to pay too many bucks to get the same standards you got with half the price five years ago.

I feel you, Founder’s Reserve was a step back from the 12 year old Glenlivet.

After almost using it to clean the kitchen floor, a slight improvement was achieved with a couple of cardamon seeds in the glass which improved the nose to that of tonic water. But this does not save it from its ultimate fate. Cardamon has better uses, so I’ll either continue a couple of drips (not drops) into coffee – or I’ll search the streets for an alcoholic…

This has all the hallmarks of a patronising, piss-taking, thoroughly unforgivable marketing exercise.
Suffice to say, I will never again buy The Glenlivet.