Glenfiddich 12 Year Old

Nice review @conorrob and always useful to keep tabs on these kind of malts.

I may have scored it a bit higher but have to say I'm not really a fan of this malt. I find it to have an oily pear note that just doesn't sit right with me. I've said before that if I want a light malt, especially in the £35 bracket, I'd go for Arran 10 all day.

@RianC honestly I think the title SHOULD have been ‘A not so daily dram’. It’s a simple and enjoyable enough scotch but it lacks character in my opinion. Arran 10 would be a great choice ... I myself wouldn’t look much further than Aberlour 10 (which I think I saw for around £22 on amazon ?)

@conorrob - Good call! I've not had an Aberlour 10 for a while but will probably open one of the two I have stashed when I finish my HP 12. I tend to rotate that, Old Pulteney 12 and HP 12 as a daily sipper as they're decent and you can often pick them up for £25 or under in the supermarket. And you can give me Glenmorangie over 'fiddich anyday . . .

You're UK based aren't you? I thought I'd read that somewhere . . .

@RianC HP 12 is great .. i’ve stored a couple of the bottlings before the whole Viking thing took over and now can’t bring myself to open them. The new one just isn’t the same in my opinion. OP12 is great but Glenmorangie 10 I’m not so fond of. Yep, was North London based but I’ve moved out to Essex now... where good whisk(e)y pickings are slim... but delicious.

@conorrob - You have more will power than me I had one bottle of the older style HP 12 left and was planning to hang onto it but got the urge recently and popped it. I've not done a head to head but had one of the new style bottles recently and, whilst not bad, it had lost some of the richness (and colour) of the older bottle.

And what's the deal with that new screw cork thingy?