Glen Grant 1951 Gordon & Macphail

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 18 Year Old

I had thought I had already reviewed this one (as well as the 10-year-old) but I double checked and I couldn't find them anywhere on Connosr. So either Pam and I are nuts (she thought she remembered that too) or our reviews are disappearing! I'm sure it's the first one. Glen Grant was the first distillery in Rothes, established in 1840 by James...

Score 94/100

Glen Grant 38 Year Old 1969 Lonach

Lonach is a label by Duncan Taylor and consists of single malts at high age at a very attractive price. The mixing of underproof and overproof casks to get the minimum required is something from the past, they claim, and this Glen Grant from 1969 might be proof of that, since it is bottled at 51,7% ABV. It was already released in 2008. Wonderful,...

Score 90/100

Glen Grant James MacArthur Old Masters 19 YO

The reviewed sample is from bourbon cask # 35955 of James MacArthur Old Masters Glen Grant, 19 YO, 1992-2011. I thank @Pudge72 for the reviewed sample Nose: lots of wood influence, and very pleasant wood at that. Some would consider the malt to be overshadowed by the wood, but for me this one works, just inside the line of 'too much'. Very nice...

Score 87/100