Grant's Standfast Bottled 1970's 75cl

Grant's Family Reserve

In the coming week I will be focusing on releases from Glen Grant, the famous distillery in the heart of Speyside. Before trying their single malts, let us prep the tastebuds with this Grant’s Family Reserve, their popular and cheap blend. A recent bottling in fact, the older ones I tried were not to my liking. The nose starts of closed and...

Score 65/100

Grant's 25 Year Old

After tasting this excellent drop of drammage, we set to finish the tasting with the very old and exquisite 25 year old. This blend was launched in 2009 to mark 100 years since the international launch of Grant’s It includes whiskies from the 1st batch ever distilled at Girvan in 1963 and also contains whisky from closed distilleries such as...

Score 87/100

Grant's Family Reserve

nose: very fruity, notes of prune, apricots, citrus touch, banana, baked apples, american oak, nice malt feeling, there is a very remote and minimal resemblance of peat/smoke. all in all quite strong and interesting aromas for a really affordable blend like this. taste: some caramel and malty feeling, fresh fruits, banana, but quite one...

Score 74/100

Grant's Ale Cask Finish

nose: A very feminine profile , citrus, fresh cut grass, honey, malt, cereals and mash tun perfume (thank you Tommy!) some hints of banana and aniseed. Palate: sweeter, with some honey, cereals, lot of malty stuff, getting bitter and cocoa powder towards the ending. finish : dark chocolate, and cocoa powder. A nice daily dram for sure. the best...

Score 76/100