Famous Grouse 30 Year Old

Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky

This is one of Scotland's best selling blends with almost 40 million bottles per annum. Few single malts can show such numbers. Actually, none can. It hails from the Glenturret distillery (that's not really true, it's not created there, it's merely the home of the Famous Grouse Experience). The nose is delicate with flowers and grain, nicely...

Score 74/100

The Black Grouse

After the sale of Black Bottle (and Bunnahabhain distillery) to Burn Stewart in 2003, Edrington Group was looking for a replacement. After the success of the Famous Grouse, it was just a small step to the Black Grouse, a blend of 'regular' Famous Grouse and some peated malt. The nose is less peaty than anticipated. The rich fruity character, with...

Score 76/100

Famous Grouse 18 Year Old

It seems like this has been discontinued in most of the world. Apparently that’s not the case here. Our bottle looks different than other 18 year Grouse bottles, and it’s still widely available in stores. We might be dealing with yet another “only in Taiwan” situation. We do get lucky, it seems. This is a lovely 18 year old blended malt at 43%....

Score 87/100

The Black Grouse

Nose: Infusing without being intrusive. Quite polite and small. Shy peat notes. Mouth: Lots going on! A very interesting surprise. Much more insistent than the nose but still not aggressive - it's all there and coats the mouth accordingly but without rushing you. Peat first but it sweetens up nicely through the smokey overtures with perhaps a very...

Score 77/100