Thread: 50 year old single malt Genfiddich

Jeepers! ...what I don't understand is how does anyone prove it's actually 50 years old? Or evenn 10 or 12 years for that matter?

And I was gunna, too, Mario. Oh well, saves me a bob or two.

It’d be a nice drop....not sure I would be adding coke

Older doesn't always mean better.
For example:- An eight year old Talisker tastes far better than its ten year old elder brother.
I can think of many malts that are far superior to an, almost mass produced, Glenfiddich nice as it may be.

Not sure of this particular scotch, but some use the solera system , where barrels of product are mixed and replenished in such a way that the overall average age is what is displayed. The benefit of this, is while it might state 18yrs, there is much older product in the blend.
As for proving its age... I think the distillery has a bit more than the purchase price screwing their customers on a few numbers and $50K. That, and Solera documentation needs to be reported to regulatory bodies, if it's applicable.

As for taste, it's subjective...

Certainly makes you wonder who would ever buy that to drink.
It would be interesting to know how many they move a year.
But I do realise that there are folk out there in the world that have unlimited wealth.

Cheers, Mick.

I'm not sure 50 year old coke would be any different to brand new coke, in fact I am confident in saying it'd be more of less exactly the same. You get the whiskey Mario and I'll bring the "50 year old" coke

While it seems clear that the 'age statement' on a bottle of whisky must be the youngest age of the whiskey in the blend, it's difficult to find anything online about false age statements or how this is proven or regulated.

There is a move towards more NAS no age statement whiskey as supplies of aged whiskey dry up, which is a good sign re truth of age, but not much available as to how to prove the age.