Glenlivet 24yo 1998/2023

Glenlivet 24yo 1998/2023

Thompson Brothers
Single malt - Speyside
Buttercups 
53.2% ABV
Dram

Nose: Malted grains, hoppy beer, rhubarb and custard sweets, apple skins, brass polish, sandalwood, honey. With water, honey, apple juice, lemon zest, brass polish. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, loosens, expands, tingly. 
Tasting:  Bitter sour. Apple skins, apple juice, hoppy beer, malted grains, molasses, butterscotch, hints of rhubarb and custard sweets. With water, malted grains, walnut skins, apple juice, lemon zest. 
Finish: Long. Apple skins, apple juice, honey, rhubarb and custard sweets, malted grains. 

Comments: 

Oof. This is rather lovely, hugely complex, lots of apples and sweet sour fruit, but also feinty and slightly sulphurous. It’s well balanced but also layered. Very interesting dram.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.