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whisky_rob
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 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:31 pm Post subject: Glenfarclas 17 |
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As it's generally not about in the UK for much below £100 and never having tried it before I was hoping to get some of your kind gents thoughts on the Glenfarclas 17yo.
I've seen it for sale in a few places recently for £50-60 which seams far more reasonable priced and thinking of giving it a go. |
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Quaich1
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Glenfarclas 17 |
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| whisky_rob wrote: | As it's generally not about in the UK for much below £100 and never having tried it before I was hoping to get some of your kind gents thoughts on the Glenfarclas 17yo.
I've seen it for sale in a few places recently for £50-60 which seams far more reasonable priced and thinking of giving it a go. |
Hi Rob. I've never actually tried it myself but the everyday price here in Ontario is 65 British pounds equivalent.
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whisky_rob
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Glenfarclas 17 |
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| Quaich1 wrote: | | whisky_rob wrote: | As it's generally not about in the UK for much below £100 and never having tried it before I was hoping to get some of your kind gents thoughts on the Glenfarclas 17yo.
I've seen it for sale in a few places recently for £50-60 which seams far more reasonable priced and thinking of giving it a go. |
Hi Rob. I've never actually tried it myself but the everyday price here in Ontario is 65 British pounds equivalent. |
I think it's 'exclusively' for overseas and travel retail although Whisky Exchange seem to always have it for £99. The whisky shop in Dufftown have it for £56 but I don't know anyone who has ever tasted it! I know it won't be toilet cleaner and Jim Murray likes it with a score of 93 too, but then I have also seen a lovely looking 15yo single sherry cask BenRiach for £65! Maybe I'm just having a crisis on a Thursday night! |
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sorren
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't believe the price on this one when the 15 is £45 ish ... Unless the 15 price is about to rocket up too 😤 |
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minesascotch
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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I bought the 17yr old Duty Free a couple of years ago I have been hoping to get another bottle and if it is at the Whisky Shop for £56 I will be on the phone in the morning, I love the 15 but for me the 17 is better.
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whisky_rob
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| minesascotch wrote: | I bought the 17yr old Duty Free a couple of years ago I have been hoping to get another bottle and if it is at the Whisky Shop for £56 I will be on the phone in the morning, I love the 15 but for me the 17 is better.
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Sorry not the 'Whisky Shop', the 'Whisky Shop Dufftown' - see link
http://www.whiskyshopdufftown.com/shop/glenfarclas-17-years-old/
Just got a bottle as thinking about it the 17 yo is the only one in the Glenfarclas core range I've never tried so why not complete the set! |
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Alastair
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The Glenfarlas 17 used to be readily available in duty free so i have had a few bottles in the past, personally i prefer it over the 15, 21 and 25 year old |
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Diademo
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Definitely not the best Glenfarclas out there but when I was passing through DF shops at the int. airports I almost always got a bottle. |
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minesascotch
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| whisky_rob wrote: | | minesascotch wrote: | I bought the 17yr old Duty Free a couple of years ago I have been hoping to get another bottle and if it is at the Whisky Shop for £56 I will be on the phone in the morning, I love the 15 but for me the 17 is better.
Cheers |
Sorry not the 'Whisky Shop', the 'Whisky Shop Dufftown' - see link
http://www.whiskyshopdufftown.com/shop/glenfarclas-17-years-old/
Just got a bottle as thinking about it the 17 yo is the only one in the Glenfarclas core range I've never tried so why not complete the set! |
Thanks whisky-rob order placed. |
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William
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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The Glenfarclas 17 used to be a regular purchase of mine when passing through the airport but World Duty Free and World of Whiskies stopped stocking it about 3 years ago. Definitely worth a try Rob for any fan of Glenfarclas and £56 is a good price. The 17 was supposed to have been replaced in travel retail by a Glenfarclas 18 travel retail exclusive back in Jan 2013 but i still havent come across it.
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Big Mac
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| The Glenfarclas 17 is a regular everyday dram of mine, for the price i cant fault it. |
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Diademo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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| William wrote: | | The Glenfarclas 17 used to be a regular purchase of mine when passing through the airport but World Duty Free and World of Whiskies stopped stocking it about 3 years ago. Definitely worth a try Rob for any fan of Glenfarclas and £56 is a good price. The 17 was supposed to have been replaced in travel retail by a Glenfarclas 18 travel retail exclusive back in Jan 2013 but i still havent come across it. |
I finished a bottle of new Glenfarclas 18 few months ago.
It's similar to 17yo but feels a bit younger and there is no trace of smoke on this one. |
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