Glen Grant 1976 24 Year Old First Cask #2885 Sherry Cask

Glen Grant 25 Year Old 1992 Cadenhead Small Batch

Cadenhead used to regularly release great single malts at cask strength in their so-called Small Batch series. Rumour has it that since Mark Watt has left the company – and struck out on his own – that this series might in fact be discontinued. Well, in that case, let’s enjoy this Glen Grant 1992 that slept for a quarter century on a bourbon...

Score 89/100

Glen Grant 23 Year Old 1985 WIN First Cask

Whisky Import Nederland has been bottling single casks at cask strength for a couple of years under their First Cask label. In that range, this Glen Grant 1985 was released, a 23 Year Old matured on bourbon casks. The driving forces behind WIN are Marcel Bol and Jan Kok, both Keepers of the Quaich, the highest honour in the whisky industry. The...

Score 91/100

Glen Grant 21 Year Old 1997 The Ultimate

In the run up to the 1000th (!) casks bottled by this Dutch bottler, van Wees seeks out special casks to release in nice wooden chests. This is their 900th cask: a Glen Grant from 1997 at cask strength. On the one hand the nose is candy-like on oranges and other citrus fruit with a truckload of honey and some vanilla, but on the other shows some...

Score 88/100

Glen Grant 16 Year Old 1992 Cellar Reserve

This 1992 Cellar Reserve is something of an odd one out. Originally only available at the distillery, but the release of 13.542 bottles soon found its way to the market. It is 16 years old, but was not chill-filtered and bottled at a slightly higher ABV. Jim Murray gave this no less than 94,5 points in his 2010 edition of the Whisky Bible! The...

Score 85/100