The Glenturret 12 Year Old 2020 Maiden Release

Glenturret for years have been the maiden aunt of the whisky world - yearning to be loved but being oddly shunned. With some new folks at the helm Glenturret has transformed itself into a desirable malt whisky with distinguishing features - not just the sharply angled bottle, but the actual whisky within. As with a lot of the folks that cleared the online shelves of the stuff, I cast my eye onto the stuff due to one of ‪@Aqvavitae‬ 's recent streams (link below) and have been getting to know the malt over the course of a couple weeks. It's a bold and confident entry, bottled at 46% and lacking filtration or lipstick, more of the distillery character is given centre stage. As the bottle may have hinted already - this isn't an everyday sipper (though it's a real and present danger regardless) but an altogether more special whisky for a select occassion - a birthday, wedding, or just getting through a Zoom meeting without calling your boss a massive... Now more than ever it's important to support your friendly neighbourhood indie - so thank you to Good Brother's Wine Bar for supplying the goods and bringing some much needed wine education to the platform:    / @goodbrotherswinebar2074   Glenturret 12 Year Old 2020 Maiden Release: Taste: 4 Nose: 5 Value: 3 46%: 1 Natural Colour: 1 Age Statement: 1 Non-Chill Filtered:1 Buy Again?: 0 Score: 16/20 (B) Help support the channel! -   / johndrinks   Links: Facebook: https://bit.ly/2zLdnQz Twitter:   / mxmannion   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_drinks... The vPub in question:    • vPub Live - Best 12yo Malts for 2021   Some Whisky Folk to Follow: Aqvavitae:    / @aqvavitae   Jeff Whisky:    / @jeffwhisky   Swedish Whisky Girl:    / @swedishwhiskygirl   Ralfy (Like you need telt):    / ralfystuff   Scotch 4 Dummies:    / @scotch4dummies   No Nonsense Whisky:    / vinpf   Whisky in the 6:    / @whiskyinthe6   Whisky Wednesday:    / whiskywednesday   Malt Box:    / @maltboxwhisky   Whisky Geek (Dormant)    / @whiskygeek