The last few weeks have been new products and exotic releases costing a good whack of money. Recently, I have been talking a lot about Supermarket fodder of standard issue single malts and them being just not very good. Given all those solidly confident opinions I thought I should write about one again for some perspective.

The Founder’s Reserve is the most widely available Glenlivet you can find pretty much everywhere and anywhere. Once upon a time it would have been the 12 year old but in the last decade or so it’s this Founder’s Release.

That doesn’t mean it’s bad of course, cheaper or at least easier to produce for a price point but not absolutely definitely poor. Let’s see how we get on.

Nose – If you ever wanted to smell the steriotypical whisky this would be it. vanilla, honey, small amounts of caramel and a little bit of plum.

Palate – Biscuity Shortbread and apple pies, caramel cake and stewed apples. Keeping all the standard bases covered like a mathematical formula

Finish – The 40% ABV isn’t going to produce an intense or long finish but it’s sugary sweet and then a slightly sour wood bitter note

Vital Signs

Natural Colour	No
Chill Filtering	Yes
ABV	40%
Price	Under £30 – deals at supermarkets
Currently Available	Yes
Affiliate Link	https://amzn.to/42V8v4k

Final Thoughts

I am one of those people with quite a few passions and while collecting whisky is expensive and not for everyone. It’s cheap compared to the other thing I would enjoy writing about – cars.

If I did have a blog about new cars I would probably regularly be asserting their is no such thing as a bad car anymore. Certainly, not in the way you would get “bad” cars in the 1980’s. By extension, I also think now there is very few examples of a “bad” single malt anymore either. It might be boring, it might be formulaic or excessively priced but it’s not “bad”.