Glen Grant 1958 Gordon & Macphail

Glen Grant Men O'Quaich 1974 , 36 yo

After a lovely Mortlach, a great Caperdonich comes the best of the three (so i think) – this Glen Grant. Again, a distillery that is not well known to me, and a chance to taste a dram that is older than me by one year (as times goes by, it’s getting harder and harder, and ever more expensive to experience such drams). This one was finished in a...

Score 92/100

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 25 Year Old bottled 1970s

This 25 Year Old Glen Grant (poured from a screwcapped 750ml bottle) was put to market a few decades ago by the oldest bottler in Scotland, Gordon & Macphail. I wonder if it can stand the test of comparison with the new versions. The nose is wonderfully fruity with banana peel at the front. Some more fruit and breakfast biscuits. Yes, this...

Score 84/100

Glen Grant Berry Bros - 1974 37YO

Glen Grant - best known as a cheap and commercial single malt usually drowned in orange or cola. But the lesser known side are bottlings such as this one. Now this is actually the first bottle on Glen Grant I've ever bought so nothing like going in at the deep end. However after sampling it at Manchester's Whisky Festival in October I knew I was...

Score 96/100