Glen Grant 1956 Gordon & Macphail

Glen Grant 10 Year Old bottled 1970s

This older bottling of the Glen Grant 10 Year Old, in a small rectangular bottle, was released in the 80s of last century (that has a weird ring to it, no?) for the Italian market, where this brand remains immensely popular. It is bottled at a slightly higher alcohol percentage. This nose has the traditional hallmarks (green apples and juicy...

Score 84/100

Glen Grant 21 Year Old Director's Reserve 1970s

This is a very old bottle of Glen Grant from the 1970s, bottle for the Spanish market at 45.7% ABV with the resounding name Director’s Reserve. I confess, I had never before seen this one. But when my buddy Emile proposed to take a sample to try at home, I did not have to think long. The first thing I notice on the nose is OBE – which is not...

Score 75/100

Glen Grant 24 Year Old 1995 The Whisky Fair 2020

Another Glen Grant from 1995, meaning we can be quite sure this is going to be good. This was bottled especially for this year’s Whisky Fair, but due to corona this was cancelled. But that does not mean we cannot enjoy it! This is like an identical twin to the Glen Grant 1995 that I just tasted from Signatory. Again nicely fruity on banana with...

Score 88/100

Glen Grant

Young, refreshing and life affirming. Well maybe not the last of those three, but for a very cheap single malt this provides a pleasant drinking experience. The label just says single malt... Not very helpful but given the very pale colour and no age statement we can assume it’s quite young and has been aged in bourbon or refill casks. None of...

Score 83/100