New label = New whisky? | Glenallachie 10 Batch 11 REVIEW 

My problem with the label is that, if you have more than one GA on the shelf, it looks like a pre-schooler color-coded your whiskeys.

I love the flintstones font and style.

Post Flinstones! LOL. Fun and always good to hear your thoughts. I would agree, there are so many casks in here. Cheers!

Great review Geoff! I fully agree. Edradour has become my go to when I’m wanting something sherry matured. Have you reviewed a Signatory Edradour 10 release or the 12 Caledonia? If you haven’t I’d love to hear your thoughts on the Caledonia label 😂

The look is fine. The Whisky is excellent. Deal.

I liked the old “Flintstones” style labels. I agree that new ones do look very cheap, like grocery store generic brand whiskey. That won’t stop me from buying it (the 15 year in particular).

Got this one two weeks ago and I am half way through it already 😅 lovely stuff!

My favorite of the brand. With a little water it's fantastic. Will try the other two to see the difference.

good review , interesting about the cask influence ;;

I pretty much always enjoy your reviews, so thank you. What about the Meikle Toir range? Those are the wanted Billy Walker distellates from Glenallachie.

Brutal takedown of the new label. I don’t care for it much either, also didn’t love the old one. I think the best looking bottle from them is the single cask releases, with the all-grey motif.

Never heard the Flintstones reference before 😂 I knew it reminded me of something 👍

The new bottle design is even worse than Flintstones one's. Thanks for the review

"The look is.... still shit"... damn that is harsh brother, but did have me lol as I didn't expect it

Great review, as always, Geoff. I have recently noticed a proliferation of Sherried versions of many whiskies, not to mention the traditional Sherry bombs such as the ones you are reviewing, as if an excellent whisky couldn't lack the typical notes of this type of ageing. Customer tastes are, perhaps, increasingly oriented towards whiskies finished in Sherry, Madeira, Port, Amarone, Rioja or other red wine casks. A strange thing is instead happening to me: although I have appreciated Sherried whiskies in the past (such as Glendronach), I can no longer approach them. I have an excellent bottle of Thompson Brothers 6yo TB/BSW Blended Scotch here, and while I recognize its qualities, I can't fully appreciate it. I also gave up on purchasing a bottle of Kilchoman Sanaig so as not to find myself disappointed when faced with a preponderance of Sherried notes. Palate fatigue? I'm not giving up my daily dram, but I'm sticking to peated whiskies, aged in ex-bourbon casks. Has something similar ever happened to you?

The typographic change alone justifies the new label... otherwise I am in complete agreement. We seem to be in an era of Supermarket-Own-Brand-Chic design in the whisky industry, though, so I guess at least it's on trend?

Excellent thoughts Geoff! I feel the same about this Glenallachie!

looks good

3:02 -- honest reviews FTW!!!

Oof, that label, I think your description of it is very fitting. The sad thing is that the bottle sounds like something I would like to try, but if it wasn't for your review, I would walk right by it and not even look into it. Great video

Nice Geoff! This was really heavy on the funny side 😂 Well done Sir👍 Yeah I agree about the label more as a side step then a step up . Feels like it was made with Microsoft Paint. - which if they would come up and say openly: yeah we did that and we really don't care - just want to sell our whisky, it's the liquid that matters, I think everyone would go: fine. I think I did try this in a bar once back to back with the Tamdhu CS and yeah the Tamdhu definitely came out on top. Thanks for the review and the good times my friend! Cheers 🥃🥃

“Big Sherry” 😂

I agree with you. Glenallachie doesn't turn me on and the new design is atrocious, but evidently 60's bargain bin / People's Republic of Scotland aesthetics are clearly trending in design circles, cf. the new Speyburn design.

Hi Geoff, nice video! Where is the difference for you between Glenallachie 10 CS and the 15? Is it the power that is worth 2 points for you? Or something else? Would love to learn your opinion on this.

No problem with the label at all... ...this just will not appear on my shelf. Easy, there is too much sherry influence on this one. Despite that, thanks for the effort of making this video, Geoff. Slàinte mhath

I'm also lukewarm on Glenalliche. Just not a fan of finishing in so many different kinds of very active casks the spirit that was sitting in tired wood that came with the distillery when they bought it. I hope all those expensive casks they have bought are being refilled with their own spirit after they are used for finishing as then they won't be so over the top with just wood character. Cheers

The ad under your video is for Little Caesar’s. Nothing says classy and sophisticated whisky like $5 pre-made pizza. The bottle looks “safe” corporate and like the CEO has never tasted their own Scotch.

I recently bought the Batch 8 for $130 NZD but haven't opened it yet. I've run out of space for any more open bottles so have to finish a bottle of something else first to make room for this one. The Batch 9 is also readily available here but is more expensive. The only whisky I have tried from GlenAllachie previously is the MacNair's Lum Reek NAS and 12-year-old, but these are blended with whisky from other distilleries. They are both good though. The label design doesn't really bother me, but I agree with other comments that it looks like a home DIY job. I wonder how much they paid the label designers for it. Cheers!

Glenallachie went from Flintstones to Jetsons

The new label is headed in the right direction. I'm not sure why there is so much disdain for the redesign. Although it is slightly imbalanced due to the embossed element not having much visual weight, its ultimately a significant improvement over the previous label.

Agree wholeheartedly about the label. I think they should do a design competition (winner gets a rare bottling?) as I bet there are some enthusiasts who'd do a better job than this or the Flintstones. Horrible to imagine what some design agency have been paid for this...

Luckily I have a few bottles of batch 6. At the moment only batch 7 is available here, and that was not as good as the 6 in my book. If batch 11 or newer shows up, I’m the first to pick it up. Never had a bad OB of GlenAllachie, and there’s been a few 😊

Looking forward to trying this one. Don't think the new packaging is any better than the old one--hard to believe this is the best they could come up with. More importantly, I did just get the new Glenallachie 18YO and it is fantastic. I'd maybe give the 2021 version I had (old packaging) one more point but love it overall.

I'm a novice here, but It seems like a lot of more expensive, refined, I guess, Islay scotches are somewhat fruity. I keep going back to Laphroaig because it tastes less sweet to me (and the 10 is cheaper of course). What other Islay scotches are not so sweet?

G, how quickly do you typically go through a bottle? I mean there is something of a shelf-life once opened, no? With entry level being at least $60 (in the US) good scotch is quite the luxury that I don't always feel comfortable buying. I keep Laphroaig 10 on hand because I like it and because I worry about price less.

Wad up , Boss G ! . . . I prefer Flinstone label... i dont hate new label, but "meh" to me ... blend fodders like GA can be thick, oily, syrupy to make up for a more generic ("liked by all") DNA . . . I blend my own, alot, so I LOVE GlenAll, as well as Cardhu and Cragganmore as my base(s) . . .

Ah man that new label sucks! I actually liked the old labels, I think they were fun and alive but this one just reminds me of the decor you'd see at an old peoples home.

Hm, I noticed lots if reuews i fTamdhu 5m vbut not so many on 6, 7 or 8. Just a thought for another cutting edge review!

Hi Geoff. I also don’t like the new branding. Not too much bothered though as I don’t buy any more Glen Allachie. Had batch 3, which I liked but plenty of OB CS’s out there especially the Benromach CS bottles, those babies I buy every year. Good review Geoff. Slàinte 🥃

Agree that the label is beyond ugly! How much do you think the price would drop if Billy Walker’s signature wasn’t on the label?

My bad luck. We don't get glenfarclas, glenallachie, glenmorayand Lagavulin in India. Not even in duty free

@3:31 bingo, before you said that while looking at the picture of all the new bottles, the colors reminded me of a tv game show called "the price is right" which debuted in the 70s. -- So lets guess the price of a ten year old sherry cask single malt, without going over $59?

The new label makes me think of beeing a teenager and we would burn copies of cd’s and also copy and print out the album covers. It would look cheap and fake and I kinda get the same feeling with this. It looks like a label someone did by himself with windows 95.

They can put it in a plastic bottle if it cheaper. It’s about the contents.

My guess is that with all the design of GlenAllachie, it was a favor to a self-taught hobby "desginer". An unemployed relative with a computer and MS Paint.

Is there a purpose to that exhale at 4:22? 😂

Somehow that ultra ugly old label gave the brand tons of attention. Now their bottles look .... normal... like a fake label for a bootle in a Seinfeld episode.

The new label looks like someone put different color post its on the bottle

I wonder how much they paid a marketing consultant to come up with that label.

I've only ever had their batch 8 and it was not great I would rather drink almost anything else

the Flinstones label was “better” in my opinion.

The main thing is what kind of whisky is in the bottle and not its label ))) Cheers !

Hey man, no way you were around in 1976! Seriously, I think the new label is a considerable improvement. Nobody appreciates the simple, clean things anymore?

First time ever that our palate distinctly define subjectivity! I adore the batch 4 more than the batch 9. I have a complete line of batches 1-10; batches 3 and 4 were excellent while batch 9 comes 2nd close, and can be described as outstanding. Knowing your standards, I hypothesize that batch 11 is a mediocre.

i'll give you the benefit of the doubt that joke was intentionally and not accidentally referencing sherry butt cask type

My in depth review of Glenallachie 10: "Meh.."

They managed to make the label worse. lol.

Mr G Not a sherry bomb fan these days 🙈 What happened to your sherry bomb love / recommend “ Royal Brackla 🙈” Only joking ..Tastes Change of course Usually you can be trusted ..Ha ha 🤣but that RB ..that was a sherry bomb with a sherry over-coat Best ..Allan

For real what are they even doing with that label design 🤦🏻

Struggling to get my head round these new scoring systems....just watched ralfy on the Glen Scotia Double Cask NAS 46%, he scored it 83 points & raved about it. Rightly so its a great whisky but theres no way it should be ONLY 83 points(NZ on special $81.99 Kiwi dollars). Anyway then we get your score on the Glenallachie 10YO cask strength (NZ on special Batch 9 $153.99 Kiwi or thereabouts, we havent got batch 11 yet). I have tried a few of these batches & have not had a bad one yet. I just cant see how it can be scored at 84....I know its all down to personal taste but you two reviewers scores in this instance look nonsensical. I would have thought 85 for the GS & 87/88 for the Glenallachie. What was wrong with the old scoring system....at least everyone understood it & it was mostly consistant. Keep up the good work anyway love your reviews.

They are successful in making the label and bottle very boring

Good God, what a hideous rebrand.... 🤢 Looks like some ordinary Joe designed it on his home computer and knocked it out on his desktop printer (an inkjet). That said, I like the whisky.

For the 100,000’s of pounds they would have spent on the rebrand, you’re right, it’s just fn dull. Compared to Glenglassaugh they haven’t even bothered to be honest. Just so odd.

I much prefer the new label, the old one looked awful

Don’t like the new look.