15 Year Scotch Battle

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Rob compares the Macallan 15 Double Cask, Glendronach 15 Revival and Glenallachie 15. Find out which Rob feels is worth your money.
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@benmarnoch4111 Год назад

Have a look at the Dramface article on Brown Forman and their decision to remove the non chill filtered statement on their Glendronach labels. If you believe them they were just trying to adhere to the Scotch Whisky Associations rules on chill filtration. Which are pretty clear, if you reduce the temperature from ambient and put through the filtration plant it’s chill filtered. That Macallan price is unjustifiable for a 15yo, it only encourages the others to think they can get away with it too. Having said that, I wouldn’t turn the chance to drink any of them.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

The Glenallachie is always an easy choice.

@bradl2636 Год назад

My favourite 15's are Springbank 15, Glencadam 15, Glen Scotia 15, Tamdhu 15, and Glenfarclas 15. It's worth a trip to Tokyo once a year to get these at decent prices compared to dealing with patchy local supply and higher prices.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

My favourite is the Springbank 15 but feel bad mentioning it. This wasn’t meant to be a full 15 year rundown. Just felt that these three are often compared.

@henrieliot Год назад

Same here SB15 fav

@bradl2636 Год назад

@@WhiskyInThe6 Sure. For me, it makes sense to fly from Perth (Western Australia) to Tokyo to pick up interesting bottles once a year. Particularly for Springbank. COVID hiatus ended for me last November.

@Iceman-xe7jo 8 месяцев назад

Me flying to Tokyo for Scotch is not financially smart. 🤣

@keithpetersen560 Год назад

I agree. Macallan is very distinct on the nose and palate. Easy to identify. Good comparison.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Cheers Keith.

@DrumondArt Год назад

The Glenallachie 15 got incredible these past 2 years. Opened one bottled 2022 a couple weeks ago and have been loving it. One you should try and compare to these is the Tamdhu 15. I let it breathe for a couple months and it has been making my jaw drop, incredible! It's not cheap but considering I stocked up last year on a sale, I'm pretty happy.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Have a review of the Tamdhu 15 in the archive. Check it out. Cheers.

@DAL20012 4 месяца назад

Recommend the GlenDronach 15 is great!

@martinbeen Год назад

Had a Glendronach 15 and loved it. Still have a closed one. Also had a GlenAllachie 15, liked it alot, but the Glendronach 15 i had, was way better then the GA 15. Brands like Macallan and Springbank, i don't even buy, way to expansive.

@chazchilly9697 Год назад

Good job on this vid Rob…out of that trio the Glenallachie is my fav by far…can still have it shipped across the pond from a retailer for around £65…thats a great price point for it…over a $100 is a stretch though

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

That’s a great price

@MarcelB74 Год назад

I totally agree, 🥃

@Rohit_M Год назад

Great review of the 15's Rob. The GA 15 is an incredible dram and I agree with your score. The GA offerings seem to be getting better year over year which is hard these days. I never got the Macallan 15 but did grab the GD15 recently so will check it out to see how it compares to GA 15. Cheers Rob!

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Cheers buddy

@michael72012 Год назад

@@WhiskyInThe6in Chicago I can get the Macallan 15 double oak for $139 and the glendronach 15 at $119

@steelsteez6118 10 месяцев назад

so how did it compare? Im torn between the two!

@Rohit_M 10 месяцев назад

@@steelsteez6118 Macallan 15 fits into a luxury category nowadays given the out of reach prices. GA15 is a great dram and GD15 is even better. These two are a great economical alternative to Macallan in my opinion. I would keep one of each if my budget permitted. Having said that I thumbed my nose and got myself a Macallan 12 Sherry release to compare and just recently opened it for the holiday season and the first couple of pours have been pretty good. If I had to choose just one out of the three, I would go with Glendronach 15 if you can ignore the much debated Non-chill filtered topic. Cheers!

@pillcozby431 Год назад

For me Macallan Springbank and Benromach have a very distinct smell. You know it soon as you get a wiff

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Ya there’s some that are not equitable included in a blind tasting.

@celtic78910 25 дней назад

Glendronach 15 is my favourite over the Glenallachie 15, but they are very close. Used to like the Glenfarclas 15 as was fair bit cheaper, but I've had a few iffy bottles of it where didn't think it was very good. The trouble with the Glendronach 15 is that it's getting worse as the years go by. By that I mean around 5 years ago when the 15 was probably something like 21 years old.

@djbeacon6895 Год назад

Rob, good 3 way. Glenallachie has found a great fit in the market with quality and price.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Ya it’s definitely a buy blind distillery for me.

@everwind5691 Год назад

Curious How the Tamdhu 15 would stack up. Early GlenAllachie were a little hot, I have noticed each new bottling incremental improvements which I ascribe to Billy's cask management strategies with the old juice. I think the new bottlings have been in the new casks longer. I still love GD 15. It does offer more depth than the 12 and while not as good as the 18 its old retail price of $100 US was a fair price point for what you got. New retail prices are crazy. Mac 12 Sherry is almost the same price as the GD 15 so that is a no-brainer choice for the GD, GA, or Tamdhu IMHO.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Tamdhu is solid. I think I have it an 88 when I reviewed it n

@SippersSocialClub Год назад

Would you take the Balvenie 15 over these?

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

No. Too much of a gamble for each cask. Also too expensive.

@austintierney4828 Год назад

Background music sounds like Elliott Smith -- respect. And thanks for the review...although I kinda knew Glenallachie would take the cake ;)

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

The song is a Saints and Mountains original. I actually posted it a couple weeks ago on here. It’s also on Instagram. Glenallachie definitely had this in the bag from the get go.

@mcapdevila Год назад

Nice comparison! I wonder where Tamdhu 15 and Glenturret 15 would have landed among this bunch.

@mcapdevila Год назад

Ok I see now a few others also suggested Tamdhu 15 - so not original lol

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

If I had to guess Tamdhu would edge out the Glendronach. Not sure about the Glenturret

@carlosc9127 Год назад

Thank you for the video.

@mendipfox1650 Год назад

Defo need a ‘Farclas 15 in the mix here. 😊

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Was thinking about it but there’s bourbon cask in it I believe.

@davidmason4812 Год назад

Great review buddy, here in the UK you can easily pick up the Glenallachie and Glendronach for £65, but the Macallan will cost you £130, so at that price, I wouldn't even entertain it, the Tamdhu 15 is also worth checking out, just a shame that Edradour haven't re-introduced the 15yr Fairy Flag because that was an outrageously good whisky, great comparisons Rob, I enjoyed the video 👍🥃

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Thanks David cheers.

@murduk88 Год назад

GlenAllachie 15 is easily the cheapest of the three here in Texas, so good news for me. 🥳🥳

@martinbeen Год назад

Also here in Nederland. Sometimes i can buy a GA15 for 63 Euro. GD15 for like 90 Euro. Macallan, i don't know, i think it will be like 150 Euro.

@PeatLova Год назад

Awesome comparison, Rob. Tough comparison. I'll watch instead.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Thanks brother. Cheers!

@andrewmckay8972 Год назад

Was the Glenallachie 15 2023 or an earlier iteration? I saw Ralphy found an earlier bottling on review hot, needed water, a lot of time and made him cough afyer sampling it? I've recently cracked my 'Springbank 15 2022 ' and absolutely mindblown as to how impressive that is. Considering buying the Glenallachie 15...

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

It’s a 2022 I believe. This one has virtually no heat.

@colinblyth2101 Год назад

good review. Hadnt realised the Glendronach 15 now has Oloroso back in the mix (i was sure it was just PX in a recent version), so a good excuse to try again

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Decent stuff for sure

@Halliskyes Год назад

Rob, I salute you

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Cheers

@edgewalker7459 Год назад

I was disappointed in the glendronach , but I had been drinking the Arran 18 beforehand,so maybe my tastebuds were spoiled lol ,, wouldn’t buy a macallan ,, glenallachie is a great dram

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Hard to compare anything to that Arran.

@peterwhite507 Год назад

You must have finished off the Glenfarclas 15 since it missed out of the flight, :)

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Is that 100% sherry? Can’t remember.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Also have a Speyburn 15 I didn’t include. I figured these three are often mentioned in the same breath.

@peterwhite507 Год назад

@@WhiskyInThe6 Yes, likely refill maybe

@Hexagonal_Crank Год назад

Yeah, that 2 point difference between the Glendronach and the Glenallachie is justified. I've put them head to head multiple times last year and the Glenallachie beats out every time.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

🙏🏻

@teddyballgame25 Год назад

The DO Macs are terrible.

@morriszack4853 Год назад

Rob, that GlenDronach is filtered and the distillery is not being transparent about their level of filtration. They've lost my custom.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

You’re probably right

@its5150 Год назад

I have several bottles in my collection which I bought when the prices of scotch were actually well priced. These days I refuse to buy scotch because of how much they have gone up in price & the quality of sherried scotch isn't what it use to be ... just saying 🤷‍♂️ Nice review Rob!!

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Ya the days of stocking up for the future are gone. The future is now.

@Zmann86 2 месяца назад

If you can get a bottle of Macallan Rare Cask for under $290 USD then it's really (in my opinion) the bottom floor for where Macallan starts to be amazing. The 12 year, 15 year are just nowhere near as good for what you're paying. The 18 year is good, but then you're paying even more for that than the Rare Cask.

@travisfaircloth Год назад

I'm sure that all 3 use similar seasoned casks. 24mo seasoning is widely practiced. The GA most likely was reracked out of bourbon into sherry when BW took over. I think the Edradour 10yr Signatory Vintage 46% or Edradour Caledonia 12yr would probably beat all of these imo. The older BW Revivals though are on another level. Cheers sir!

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Actually if you check out the rant with Roy, Jeremy actually has an Edradour 10, Macallan 15, Glenallachie 8 and a Two Brewers in a blind tasting and the Edradour came last.

@sikhpilot. 9 месяцев назад

@@WhiskyInThe6Edradour in all likelihood use very wet casks. It's no longer whisky, it's like a syrop liquor. I'll be honest, I had the signatory 12 I think, cost about £110 and it genuinely was so disappointing. They sell it on colour, not on taste. Sad really. Plus the Edradour spirit itself isn't too attractive on the palette as the cut is very wide and it's quite a dirty spirit. Dirty is not necessarily a negative term. It's just a very wide cut.

@ironmantran Год назад

Hol'on Teach, that guitar intro is not even a full bar ! -------- KGBO has TUllibardine15 for 110, G'farclas-15 for 110, ... which could replace that off-white bottle there. NICE VID + agreed about the malt of the Valley of the Rocks !

@Haunted-Amelia Год назад

I found the Glenallachie 15 had a bit of burn/warmth going down. Nice aftertaste though

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

It really depends which batch.

@steveno7058 Год назад

Glendronach is chill filtering. The excuse about the SWA regulations is BS. Tons of brands still have non chill filtered on the bottle

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

I wouldn’t be surprised if you are right.

@christian_K2308 Год назад

Ralfy made a couple of videos on this as well. It's a shame that they changed direction when BW left and BF took over. But there are amazing choices to turn to like the GA or Tamdhu...

@ADSCP Год назад

Does the Glenfarclas 15 compares well to those?

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

A lot less sherry forward but still very good.

@martinbeen Год назад

@@WhiskyInThe6 And what i like about Glenfarclas is the price, i think i can get a Glenfarclas 15 for 55 Euro. We must respect those brands that still keep the price normal. Like the Springbank 15 is 195 Euro.

@steelsteez6118 10 месяцев назад

@@martinbeenit's not the brands that "keep the price normal" it's the retailers. The retailers are the ones that bend you over backwards and take you to the back shed as soon as they start to notice a particular brand/batch/expression etc. gets a little popular. It's why you see it creep up in price slowly. They adjust in demand. Sometimes if it gets popular enough (like Springbank whiskies) theres no shame and youll see a $100-150 increases with zero shame.

@rares_21 Год назад

You don't have a place for Glen scotia 15 there? Don.t know what to say,man...

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

The Scotia isn’t a sherry cask exclusive.

@rares_21 Год назад

@@WhiskyInThe6 ,but enough to make scotia 15 superior to these ones;)

@edmorrison699 Год назад

Have you ever been salmon fishing in New Brunswick?

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Not in New Brunswick.

@fbi8364 Год назад

Rob, regardless of your familiarity, please do it blind next time.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

The Mac nose is far too distinct.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

I honestly feel like doing it blind would have been even more misleading.

@keithpetersen560 Год назад

@@WhiskyInThe6 Totally agree with you Rob

@fbi8364 Год назад

Blind removes your ego and biases.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

@@fbi8364 Jeremy and I started a 10 bottle best 18 year old blind. The first round was four bottles and we both guess all four correctly.

@Brad-ic4bp Год назад

I think Highland Park 15 should be in that battle (and come in second, after Glendronach). Yeah, I know Highland Park technically is slightly peated, but I don’t taste it at all.

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Wasting the biggest fan of the hp15

@Brad-ic4bp Год назад

Picked up a GlenAllachie 15 today, and you’re right - It’s the best 15, even edging out Glendronach 15. I tried GlenAllachie 12 a couple years ago and was not impressed, but it just goes to show what a difference a few more year sun the wood can make.@@WhiskyInThe6

@Xminor79 8 месяцев назад

I don’t understand the hate GlenAllachie 15 gets. (Actually, yes I do….Ralfy). I love the 15. If you love sherry bombs, you shouldn’t have a lot of negative to say about it. GlenAllachie make some of the absolute best whisky on the market. Next to basically any other distillery, it almost seems like they’re cheating 😂….Macallan, as usual, can kick rocks

@WhiskyInThe6 8 месяцев назад

To his defence, old batches weren’t as good as newer ones.

@JenniferJames007 Год назад

The 'scoring/marking' system for whisky is awful and it needs to change across the board! For example... I am a whisky lover and money no object, and there are many in this category. I want to know which of those three 15 year olds is the best whisky and by what degree... regardless of price I want to know your scores on the whisky 'alone' If you must give a second mark which includes it's value for money, then yes give it a second mark for that too! But Rob, I want to know and I need to know you guys score for the 'whisky alone' Then I know which one to go buy... or not to buy! I have the 'exact' information I need... I know which is the best whisky and if it's important to me also the price... Separately please! Murking the waters and mixing the two elements into one score is just crazy, leaving me guessing! 😨 Oh btw keep up the good work, I love your channel 👌👌 Jennifer x

@WhiskyInThe6 Год назад

Definitely a fair request. Cheers Jenny.

@JenniferJames007 Год назад

@@WhiskyInThe6 Hi Rob, thank you for your reply.... so in relation to my comment... please tell me how close the scores were on 'whisky alone'? I know you marked the Macallan down for price but how much of the difference in score was that price factoring! How close were the scores for the actual whisky in the bottle? Thank you Jeniffer x