Girvan 1989 22 Year Old Cask #37532 Berry Bros & Rudd

Girvan 48 Year Old 1964 The Nectar of the Daily Drams

The Nectar of the Daily Drams is a well known Belgian bottler. Two years ago, they launched this grain whisky, a 48 Year Old Girvan from 1964. Wonderfully sweet nose on nougat, butterscotch, vanilla, pecan nuts and a note of passion fruit. Something that reminds me of varnish all the way in the back. Some wood shavings too. Wonderfully soft. After...

Score 86/100

Girvan 47 Year Old 1964 Scott’s Selection

This single grain by Scott’s Selection is one of the samples I scored at the Festival for Indepdent Bottlers on May 9th. It matured for 47 years on a bourbon cask. Girvan is a very young distillery, built in 1964 by William Grants, to provide grain whisky for the Grant’s Family Reserve and other company blends. The nose is soft, grassy and smell...

Score 82/100

Girvan 35 Year Old 1979 Wilson & Morgan

Let me just repeat that the Girvan grain distillery is owned by William Grant & Sons, the family behind Glenfiddich, Balvenie & Kininvie. Did you know that the site in South Ayrshire was a weapons factory during WWII? Anyway, for their typical grain whiskey they use 90% wheat (that’s right, wheat!) and 10% malted barley to get fermentation...

Score 87/100

Girvan 20yo Douglas Laing

Girvan distillery was founded in 1963 and is named after the neighbouring town of Girvan, located about 90 kilometres south of Glasgow. It is owned by William Grant & Sons who also own the Speyside single malt distilleries of Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Kininvie. The distillery produces single grain whisky that is used as the heart of Grant's...

Score 80/100