Description
A single cask, cask strength Speyside single malt from The Glenlivet distillery, aged for 15 years in a first-fill sherry butt and bottled by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society under code 2.81, named 'Black tea in a greenhouse'.
Glenlivet
Glenlivet Black tea in a greenhouse 15 Year Old, Sherry Cask, Cask #2.81, 1996, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 59.9%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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- Region
- Speyside
- Age
- 15 Years
- Vintage
- 1996
- Bottled
- 2012
- ABV
- 59.9%
- Volume
- 75cl
- Distillery
- Glenlivet
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Sherry
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- 2.81
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 500
- Has box
- No
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- N.A
- Series highlights
- N.A
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- SMWS Members Exclusive
- Allocation
- United States
- Nose
- Butterscotch, molasses, and rum-soaked raisins, with crème brûlée, orange oil, geraniums, and greenhouse warmth.
- Palate
- Hot and robust with liquorice, black tea tannins, toffee, black pepper, tobacco, and balsamic notes.
- Finish
- Tannic with a hint of brown sauce bitterness, lingering sweetness of vanilla, butterscotch, and caramel.