Glen Grant 1955 Gordon & Macphail

Glen Grant 10 Year Old bottled 1970s

This older bottling of the Glen Grant 10 Year Old, in a small rectangular bottle, was released in the 80s of last century (that has a weird ring to it, no?) for the Italian market, where this brand remains immensely popular. It is bottled at a slightly higher alcohol percentage. This nose has the traditional hallmarks (green apples and juicy...

Score 84/100

Glen Grant 27 Year Old 1980 Bladnoch Forum

When Irishman Raymond Armstrong took over the Bladnoch distillery, he could not bottle immediately. To get the cash flowing he bought casks from other distilleries, launched a forum for whiskylovers and catapulted himself as independent bottler with an irondclad reputation (despite the ugly labels; do something about that Ray, will ya?). This 1980...

Score 86/100

Glen Grant Berry Bros - 1974 37YO

Glen Grant - best known as a cheap and commercial single malt usually drowned in orange or cola. But the lesser known side are bottlings such as this one. Now this is actually the first bottle on Glen Grant I've ever bought so nothing like going in at the deep end. However after sampling it at Manchester's Whisky Festival in October I knew I was...

Score 96/100

Glen Grant 12 Year Old 2002 The Golden Cask

Glen Grant is still one of the bestselling single malts in Italy, but is also quite popular in our neck of the woods. Independent bottlings are plentiful. This single cask was released by House of MacDuff in their ‘The Golden Cask’ series, at cask strength. I’ll keep water handy… The nose is sweet and sour on apples and lime juice, a bit of...

Score 83/100