Glen Grant 1967 41 Year Old Sherry Cask Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Glen Grant 59 Year Old 1950 Gordon & Macphail

This is a very old Glen Grant, bottled in 2009. The stuff is no less than 59 years old, because it came down the lyne arms when my dad was only three. Imagine that! The is the oldest Glen Grant I have tasted so far. I presume it will hold that title for quite a while. The nose is soft and sweet, but not very aromatic. Needs both time and hand...

Score 82/100

Glen Grant 26 Year Old 1974 Scott's Selection

Glen Grant from 1974, already 14 years in the bottle. This is no official release, but from the famous bottler Scott’s Selection. It was bottled at cask strength. I got the sample at the most recent whisky festival in Ghent. The nose is sweet, but mostly offers earth. Ferns. Fallen leaves. Something of an autumn dram. Some white fruit and honey...

Score 78/100

Glen Grant 10 Year Old

The Glen Grant 10 Year Old is not much more expensive than the Major’s Reserve, but is still an entry level malt. It matured on bourboncasks as well, but was then recasked for a final period of a year in sherry casks. The nose offers white orchard fruit (green apples and pears), with hints of vanilla, immediately upholstered with oranges, toffee...

Score 77/100

Glen Grant 31 Year Old 1969 Specialty Drinks

Specialty Drinks is the company from Sikhinder Singh, who is better known as the wealthy owner of the The Whisky Exchange, a beautiful whisky shop in London. This 31 Year Old Glen Grant from 1969 on sherrycask was bottled in 2000. It is the darkest Glen Grant I ever tasted. Actually, that I ever even saw! It has the colour of cough syrup. Oh, what...

Score 91/100