Glen Grant 8 Year Old Bottled 1970's Peter Thomson

Glen Grant SMWS 9.157 I drambled lonely as a cloud...

I have an active imagination. I often end up thinking about stupid fantasies. How would I fortify my house in the event of a zombie apocalypse? So I'm watching one of my favourite films John Carpenter's 'the Thing' and at the end Macready is sitting in the snow whilst the base burns swigging from a bottle of J&B. He's joined by Niles and they...

Score 73/100

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 25 Year Old bottled 1970s

This 25 Year Old Glen Grant (poured from a screwcapped 750ml bottle) was put to market a few decades ago by the oldest bottler in Scotland, Gordon & Macphail. I wonder if it can stand the test of comparison with the new versions. The nose is wonderfully fruity with banana peel at the front. Some more fruit and breakfast biscuits. Yes, this...

Score 84/100

Glen Grant 38 Year Old 1972 The Whisky Agency

The German bottler The Whisky Agency makes his labels little works of art. This Glen Grant from 1972 in the series Grotesque Crocs was released in 2011, making it a 38 Year Old. Let us see if the contents is as pleasing to the palate as the label is to the eye. The nose is wonderfully creamy, almost buttery, on all kinds on dried fruits. Prunes,...

Score 89/100