The Glenlivet

Age 12 years
Strength 70° proof
Tasting date 21/7/79
Members' comments "Fine well balanced whisky, with perhaps more alcohol than I like", "A very pleasant drop. I could drink it all day (I think!)", "Good whisky, though generally its reputation is overrated", "The standard by which Glenlivet malts are judged", "A very good qyality pleasant malt, but overrated", "First class whisky", "A very pleasant malt and one I could always fall back on", "If there is to be a complete whisky from which others are judged, this is it", "A very fine whisky in terms of balance and smoothness, but lacks the robust character which makes several other whiskies so outstanding".
Points allotted 7.2

10/2/91