Originally Posted by
contrails7
On the way back down from EDI last week in CE the choice was the usual Johnie Walker Black or the Glenlivet Distiller's Reserve, Triple Cask Matured. Previously I had only ever seen miniatures of the of the standard Distiller's reserve. Is this part of the change or a run-off of old stock? I'm not an expert but thought the triple cask matured tasted much better than the standard. Does anyone know whether this is the new normal or the eventual plan is to move to miniatures of the Singleton in CE on par with the CW offering?
Just a rebrand from Master Distiller’s Reserve to the Distiller’s Reserve. All triple cask maturation means is that some/all of the whisky has been in American oak, European oak, and sherry oak apparently. Most whisky tend to be partly in American oak and "finished" in sherry oak anyway. No idea what this European oak Glenlivet are talking about is - sherry casks are usually European oak anyway.