Glen Grant 1965 5 Year Old

Glen Grant 20 Year Old 1996 Liquid Treasures

The German bottler Liquid Treasures released this 20 years old Glen Grant in their so-called ‘Fairy Tales’ series. It matured on a bourbon hogshead and was bottled at a cask strength of 54.4% ABV. The nose immediately stands out with a truckload of light brown sugar – the kid’s sugar that we put on pancakes. Then some apple juice with a few drops...

Score 85/100

Glen Grant 1949

Last week I met up with a good friend for dinner in town. We were going to one of his favorite restaurants, the Print Hall. He loves the food and the staff there love him. I knew they had a whisky that was almost 60 years old that they let me sample the last time we were there and I knew I had to go back to purchase a full dram. That whisky was...

Score 91/100

Glen Grant 1953 / Bottled 2013 / Gordon & Macphail

Originally, Gordon & Macphail released this Glen Grant 1953 in 2013. It matured for no less than 60 years. It is a vatting of 3 casks that yielded 517 bottles. On the 4th September 2017 Gordon & Macphail announced the exclusive Glen Grant Collection, containing 6 Glen Grant vintages from 1950 through 1955. This is the fourth bottle in that...

Score 93/100

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