Famous Grouse 6 Year Old Bottled 1960s

Famous Grouse 100% Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 12 Years

I have always kind of overlooked The Famous Grouse because I always see it in my local 7/11 among the other discount blends. I used to buy the straight forward blended bottling as a mixer. My buddies and I would mix it with coke to do some pre-drinking before we headed out clubbing. Because of this, I suppose I'm a bit biased towards this stuff....

Score 84/100

The Black Grouse

This is the second Whisky i currently have in my collection (small i know). Firstly this has the standard Famous Grouse blend in it but with some other peat based malt added in. This creates in my opinion a more punchy Whisky. NOSE: I was expecting something hard to hit me on the nose but what i was greeted with was a mild smokey almost burnt...

Score 72/100

Famous Grouse Black Grouse Alpha (Famous Grouse)

Edrington sold their Black Bottle to Burn Stewart in 2003. They created the Black Grouse as a replacement and went a step further in 2012 with this Black Grouse Alpha Edition. It contains even more peaty whisky than the Black Grouse. While the peat is unmistakable and brings with it a hint of smoke – like a campfire that has just been doused – the...

Score 84/100

Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky

A recent gift of some open bottles from a professional caterer has given me just my second taste of standard Famous Grouse Blended Scotch. Now, I am willing to take every whisky at its own merits, and have no inherent prejudice against either blended Scotch or relatively inexpensive products. That said, I am long on record as having found blended...

Score 69/100