Glenlivet Master Distiller's Reserve

I agree with your assessment. I believe I gave this one a 70. Not something I would ever spend money on. It was harsh on the nose and bitter on the palate.

I had it on our WestJet flight to London. I thought it was a slight improvement on Founders Reserve. It was actually served in stemless wine glasses and the pours were generous.

Thank you for the review. Appreciated the straight forward take on it, but I'm glad it got you through the flight!

@casualtorture Perhaps the classy plastic cup tamed the nose, as I found that to be the most positive part of the experience. I may have rated it lower if it hadn’t done the job of calming my anxiety as it relates to flying.

@OdysseusUnbound I hope you find some good buys in Edmonton. BTW, if you are squeamish about flying, don't watch those Mayday programs on Discovery channel.

Thanks for the review @OdysseusUnbound! Not one I'd ever fancied and you've not sold it to me either.

I'm not sure I've ever actually had any Glenlivet?!

@RianC Nadurra 16 is the cream of the Glenlivet crop. Sadly discontinued in favour of a bunch of NAS crap.

@BlueNote - That's unusual . . . glad it's only Glenlivet that would do such a thing

Isn't @ajjarrett a big fan of that one as well?

What a grand name for what sounds like a rather pedestrian whisky!

@OdysseusUnbound thank you for your review. We benefit greatly from reviews of common products.

@BlueNote I’m downtown on Jasper Ave without a car, so I’m fairly limited in where I can go. Maybe I’ll buy a bunch more minis of this Glenlivet....unlikely, but you never know.

Here's something hilarious to me: a search on wine-searcher.com for The Glenlivet Master Distiller's Reserve for sale in the USA reviews one and only one listing, through my county in Maryland! This is the first time I have ever seen Montgomery County Maryland listed as a vendor on wine-searcher.

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That bargain $ 26.99 price is for a 375 ml bottle.

@Victor About $35 CAD...pass

@OdysseusUnbound you are not alone. I have still never purchased a bottle of any Glenlivet, even a 50 ml size bottle.

Now if someone would sell me a bottle of the Glenlivet 21 yo Archive at about 40% of the current market asking price I would probably complete the sale.

@Victor What about Nadurra 16?

@Nozinan, I like Nadurra 16, but I've never felt like I needed to buy a bottle of it. That was even so about a year ago when I had the opportunity to buy some and I knew that when those few remaining bottles were gone locally, that the opportunity would likely not be repeated.

And, I believe (ruefully, as we were not charged any duty coming home), I believe we may have left one on the shelves during our visit.

@Victor You could have flipped them off to @ajjarrett for a nice profit. I think he’s down to his last dozen or so bottles.

@Victor I had the 21 Archive way back when it was well under $150. I would love some more, but too far above my pay grade now.

@BlueNote, yeah, what's a dozen bottles of Nadurra 16 to @ajjarrett? About 3 or 4 months worth? (Just kidding, @ajjarrett. I'll bet that they would last you at least 6 months.)