For today’s review, we’re headed to one of the brands that helped put Single Malt Scotch Whisky on the radar of many a whisky drinker: the one and only The Glenlivet. While we’re sure that most of you Single Malt Scotch lovers have had their 12 year old expression, we won’t be tasting that today. Instead, we’ll be covering their 15 year old expression.

Here are a few words about The Glenlivet 15 courtesy of their website:

The Glenlivet 15 Year Old single malt scotch whisky gets its distinctive rich and exotic character from a process of selective maturation in which a proportion of the spirit is matured in French oak casks. In fact, we at The Glenlivet were one of the first to use French oak for making whisky, a technique that has since been imitated the world over. The Limousin oak we use is cut in France’s Dordogne region, where it’s often used to mature cognacs. Its low density allows the whisky to sink deep into the wood, and we carefully control how long the whisky matures in the casks so as not to overpower the desired result: a unique, pleasing spiciness.

We’ve had a few whiskies aged and/or finished in Limousin Oak, so we have a pretty good idea as to what effect it will have on this Single Malt. Or do we? Click play on the following video to find out if we have any idea what we’re talking about…

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