1/Friday night, the cupboard open, and you pour something eighteen years old: dried flowers, tinned pineapple, a little cedar and nutmeg, custard tart. The Glenlivet 18 is $170 for members at Dan Murphy's — about 90% of a Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 for 52% of the price.
2/The Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 is $328 at Dan Murphy's: toffee and caramel, sweet vanilla, sultanas and figs, a rich pull of Cuban rum cask. Side by side, what a Gran Reserva 21 drinker gives up with The Glenlivet 18 is mostly the name on the label and three years of age.
3/So, two drams more alike than not. The Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21, $328, is still the one for its fans, all toffee and rum-cask richness. The Glenlivet 18, $170 for members, is the one for every other night.
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