Glenmorangie’s latest release is here: the X! But is it worth buying? (Apologies for the weird audio on this one!) #whiskytube #whiskeyreviews #glenmorangie#scotch
got this for Christmas. was expecting the 10 year. which I love. was very perplexed when I took it out of the bag. thanks for the review. itll be my mixer bottle.. I guess. lol.
It makes a pretty decent Scotch Highball, although at the the price one wonders if it's worth it vs my usual standbys of Johnnie Red, Cutty Storm or Nikka Barrel. (It's probably better tgan Red, about on par with Storm, and not as good as Nikka and priced rightvin the middle).
A weird product indeed. For a Glenmorangie branded whisky it's a "normal" just a bit upper price which is fine but here in the Netherlands it's only €3 euro's cheaper then the ten year old... As a designer i love the cool and more modern label but also here, it's a weird product coming from Glenmorangie... (love the bartender idea to give a more fair shot)!
I think Glenmorangie and Glenfiddich are both starting to go this way, chasing more of a ‘modern’ and ‘youthful’ image. But honestly, they need to just make good whisky first
I think there are few tropes in the video, which I am not really agreeing with: • “not even 10 years old”: age is always overstated. For some heavy malts, I agree, that age can smoothen things out and it is important. For Glenmorangie, I defend an opposite opinion. Astar (when it came out - it was just called Artisan Cask - and it was fantastic) - was 8 years old and fantastic. And even a Glenmorangie New Make is incredible more’ish. • Artificial color... I don’t think, that Glenmorangie is using sugar couleur. And all reputable single malt distilleries and just adding this “caramel color” (which is NOT artificial) to ensure that their malts have a consistent color - not to deceive the customers, that they are “older” or more mature than they really are. - It seems, that the American barrel finishing has everything to do with the color as with the taste. New oak has typical loads of vanilla and a typical compound in oak is also coconut aromas. Orange is probably the distillery character (strangely you cannot sense it in new make - but in other Glenmorangie you have got an orange aromatic). What concerns me about the product is the alcohol. 40% is not the big issue if you are drinking it - but 40% doesn’t show great mixability. At the end it is odd. Because while Glenmorangie said, it is to mix, it doesn’t really tells us: should it “show” as great malt to mix - or as good Glenmorangie to mix? Or even is it a good product happened to be a malt to be mixed? These are totally opposite ideologies.
Age does not = quality. However, it's an important consideration when judging relative price/value and knowing more information about what you're buying is never a bad thing. NAS whiskies exist for only one reason, to charge more $ than they believe customers would be willing to pay if they knew the age. This isn't always done with ill intent however. Due to the scotch whisky association's archaic age statement regulations which do not allow distillers to disclose the breakdown of ages of whisky in the bottle, a whisky that is 99% 25 year old, with 1 barrel of 18 year old whisky has to be age stated as 18 years. But since no one, would pay $500 for an 18 year, they have to only use the 25 year barrels and sacrifice hitting the flavor profile they want, or else the make it NAS for the reason stated above, that no one would pay that much for 18 yr. stated whisky, but they might for an NAS. As I said in the video , due to the Virgin Oak finishing process, it is perfectly possible for that color to be naturally achieved. However E150A caramel coloring is artificial. Natural color means no coloring added. You may choose to believe that brands are honest in their application of this, however when you compare the color of natural color malts to colored ones of similar age and cask type, the differences can often be quite telling. There are certainly brands which are more honest than others about this application, but make no mistake, anything added to the whisky to change the appearance is always to make it look darker and there is ZERO regulation prohibiting a brand from adding just a little more color because they know that color is perceived as quality by many consumers.
It's really not that strange... If you take price out of the equation... There's plenty of single malts I'd prefer mixed with a little cola or soda water over some cheaper blends because it simply TASTES better 😂 However there's also single malts that are ruined when mixed and I'd prefer them neat Maybe I'm just not a snob and I actually drink for my tastebuds and not my ego 😂😂
There's nothing wrong with cocktails or mixing your malts. Afte r all, better spirits make better cocktails, but it is unusual to make a single malt for that specific purpose.
@@bradleymcdonald6273 It's unusual because 99.9% of single malt is not marketed that way. I've never seen another bottle of single malt scotch whiskey be advertised as intended for mixing more than for enjoying by itself
It's got a shiny label, but is it any good? Let me know what you think below!
got this for Christmas. was expecting the 10 year. which I love. was very perplexed when I took it out of the bag. thanks for the review. itll be my mixer bottle.. I guess. lol.
You should try it neat at least once, you may actually enjoy it! But I do think it fails to live up to the great value of the 10 yr.
It makes a pretty decent Scotch Highball, although at the the price one wonders if it's worth it vs my usual standbys of Johnnie Red, Cutty Storm or Nikka Barrel. (It's probably better tgan Red, about on par with Storm, and not as good as Nikka and priced rightvin the middle).
A weird product indeed. For a Glenmorangie branded whisky it's a "normal" just a bit upper price which is fine but here in the Netherlands it's only €3 euro's cheaper then the ten year old... As a designer i love the cool and more modern label but also here, it's a weird product coming from Glenmorangie...
(love the bartender idea to give a more fair shot)!
I think Glenmorangie and Glenfiddich are both starting to go this way, chasing more of a ‘modern’ and ‘youthful’ image. But honestly, they need to just make good whisky first
I work for Highland Park. Non age statement is all 3 year old with a finish of 5 years old
I'm not sure I understand your comment. All NAS whiskies are at least 3 years old. That's just the minimum requirement to still be Scotch.
I think there are few tropes in the video, which I am not really agreeing with:
• “not even 10 years old”: age is always overstated. For some heavy malts, I agree, that age can smoothen things out and it is important. For Glenmorangie, I defend an opposite opinion. Astar (when it came out - it was just called Artisan Cask - and it was fantastic) - was 8 years old and fantastic. And even a Glenmorangie New Make is incredible more’ish.
• Artificial color... I don’t think, that Glenmorangie is using sugar couleur. And all reputable single malt distilleries and just adding this “caramel color” (which is NOT artificial) to ensure that their malts have a consistent color - not to deceive the customers, that they are “older” or more mature than they really are.
- It seems, that the American barrel finishing has everything to do with the color as with the taste. New oak has typical loads of vanilla and a typical compound in oak is also coconut aromas. Orange is probably the distillery character (strangely you cannot sense it in new make - but in other Glenmorangie you have got an orange aromatic).
What concerns me about the product is the alcohol. 40% is not the big issue if you are drinking it - but 40% doesn’t show great mixability.
At the end it is odd. Because while Glenmorangie said, it is to mix, it doesn’t really tells us: should it “show” as great malt to mix - or as good Glenmorangie to mix? Or even is it a good product happened to be a malt to be mixed? These are totally opposite ideologies.
Age does not = quality. However, it's an important consideration when judging relative price/value and knowing more information about what you're buying is never a bad thing. NAS whiskies exist for only one reason, to charge more $ than they believe customers would be willing to pay if they knew the age.
This isn't always done with ill intent however. Due to the scotch whisky association's archaic age statement regulations which do not allow distillers to disclose the breakdown of ages of whisky in the bottle, a whisky that is 99% 25 year old, with 1 barrel of 18 year old whisky has to be age stated as 18 years. But since no one, would pay $500 for an 18 year, they have to only use the 25 year barrels and sacrifice hitting the flavor profile they want, or else the make it NAS for the reason stated above, that no one would pay that much for 18 yr. stated whisky, but they might for an NAS.
As I said in the video , due to the Virgin Oak finishing process, it is perfectly possible for that color to be naturally achieved. However E150A caramel coloring is artificial. Natural color means no coloring added. You may choose to believe that brands are honest in their application of this, however when you compare the color of natural color malts to colored ones of similar age and cask type, the differences can often be quite telling. There are certainly brands which are more honest than others about this application, but make no mistake, anything added to the whisky to change the appearance is always to make it look darker and there is ZERO regulation prohibiting a brand from adding just a little more color because they know that color is perceived as quality by many consumers.
👏it’s👏made👏for👏mixing!!👏
I tried it but I feel monkey shoulder is much better for mixing than this X glenmorangie
Cheaper too!
It's really not that strange... If you take price out of the equation... There's plenty of single malts I'd prefer mixed with a little cola or soda water over some cheaper blends because it simply TASTES better 😂
However there's also single malts that are ruined when mixed and I'd prefer them neat
Maybe I'm just not a snob and I actually drink for my tastebuds and not my ego 😂😂
There's nothing wrong with cocktails or mixing your malts. Afte
r all, better spirits make better cocktails, but it is unusual to make a single malt for that specific purpose.
@@MaltMondays but why specifically?
@@bradleymcdonald6273 It's unusual because 99.9% of single malt is not marketed that way. I've never seen another bottle of single malt scotch whiskey be advertised as intended for mixing more than for enjoying by itself
X was meant to mix, WITH OTHER SCOTCHES as base ...
Glenmorangie explicitly states this whisky as made for mixing in cocktails. Not with other Scotch whisky. This is what I discussed in the review.
Was not at all what I expected from a scotch.
I agree. It’s an odd whiskey and not one I would recommend