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Glen Grant

Glen Grant 14 Years Old, Cask Strength
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.30%
7 A midsummer's night dream dram. So delicate, so rich but without ostentation.

Glen Grant 5 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00%
7 Hadn't tasted the 5 Years Old for a while. Cleaner, drier and less fruity than I remember.

Glen Grant No Age Statement
- Scotland - 40.00%
0 Have it long with ice,soda or ginger. Lacks the character you'd want from a single malt,but a pleasant drink.

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Adelphi Glen Grant 1969
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.90%
8 Holds up very well in the middle but the woodiness at the end is overpowering.

Adelphi Glen Grant 1969
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.90%
8 Glen Grant is a delicate whisky and does not always benefit from long maturation. This bottling is on the cusp. The distillery character can still be discerned, but only just.

Adelphi Glen Grant 1970, 27 Years Old, Cask 7638
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.90%
7 Enough character and complexity to withstand the heavy oakiness, but beginning to show its age.

Adelphi Glen Grant 1970, 31 Years Old, Cask 1036
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.40%
7 The better balanced of these two Glen Grants. The more integrated flavours. Seems to have matured better.

Berry's Own Selection Glen Grant 1972
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.00%
8 A well matured and well balanced malt. The sherry notes tend to muzzle the distillery character. An iron hand in a velvet glove!

Berry's Own Selection Glen Grant 1972, 33 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 After a nose that can only be described as “hairy” it rather loses focus.

Berry's Own Selection Glen Grant 1993
- Scotland - 53.80%
7 No real depth or complexity.

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Berry's Own Selection Glen Grant, 37 Years Old, 1972
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.80%
8 A dry character. Quite strictly framed by oak but releasing an interesting and complex spicy character.

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Cooper's Choice Glen Grant 1977 27 Years Old, Sherry Cask
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
8 A Speysider with a rich chestnut colour, plenty of aroma and lots of flavour. Makes a change from the dumbed-down and the terminally delicate.

Cooper's Choice Glen Grant 1988, 15 Years Old, Portwood
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 The delicacy of the Glen Grant survives here.

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Dewar Rattray Glen Grant 1985 19 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.40%
8 A definite sharpness which hides a sweeter character. Water does not help much, enhancing the pepperiness. For those who like it hot.

Duncan Taylor 1972 35 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.50%
8 A fruit basket ! Needs water to keep alcohol quiet. Quiet a restless fellow. The nose delivers layers of fruit.

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Duncan Taylor Glen Grant 1970, Speyside Region Selection No 2
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.70%
7 A lot of cask here but strangely subtle for such a heavy beast.

Duncan Taylor Glen Grant 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 42.40%
7 A reticent nose is completely eclipsed by a huge but uncomplicated palate. Benefits greatly from water.

Duncan Taylor Glen Grant C3490 Cask Strength Rare Auld Scotch Whisky
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.70%
8 Elegant and sophisticated.

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Gordon & MacPhail Glen Grant 1948
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00%
8 1948? Amazing. Has retained a refined almost raffish air and though frail is not overwooded.

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Gordon & MacPhail Glen Grant 1968
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00%
8 A ghost-like dram almost too elusive to grasp.

Hart Brothers Glen Grant 1972, 29 Years Old Sherrywood
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.60%
7 Glen Grant was one of the first malts to be bottled as a single malt, in the days when light-tasting spirits were often filled into heavy sherry casks. I have always felt that this overwhelms the spir...

Lombard Glen Grant 1964
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 I usually find delicate old Glen Grants to be overwhelmed by oak. This example makes for a mature dram with considerable complexity.

Murray McDavid Mission II Glen Grant 1969
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
8 This delicate malt in unusually full flavour.

Old Malt Cask Glen Grant 12 Years Old Wine Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00%
6 Seems cobbled together.

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Signatory Glen Grant 1976
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.20%
8 So like an armagnac. Sherry at its best. At its peak. Why not with foie gras and a fig compote?

The Whisky Exchange Glen Grant 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.90%
7 With water, more toffeish malt notes emerge in the middle, but the wood is very dominating.

Silent all these years
Gavin D Smithinvestigates the fortunes of Glen Grant No.2 distillery,also known as Caperdonich

April 2008, Issue 71, page 32

In need of good loving (Glen Grant)
Our mystery visitor discovers a melancholy garden at Glen Grant

October 2005, Issue 51, page 40

The Italian job
Gavin D Smith heads to Speyside to discover what's going on at Glen Grant

April 2008, Issue 71, page 47

Under the hammer
Now you can find both of John Rose's superb articles about collecting whisky in one place. In collections,he looks at some of the latest bottles to come up at auction. In questions,he fields your enqu...

February 2008, Issue 70, page 34

The crazy world of James Grant
With Glen Grant up for sale it's timely to look at the man behind the distillery. Iain Russell reports

January 2006, Issue 53, page 48

Searching for perfection
perfection The Whisky & Cigar Challenge matches a premium whisky with a premium Cuban cigar to produce the perfect match

May 2004, Issue 39, page 18

spy
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Unique name, Major distillery (Glen Grant)
Ian Buxton visits the picturesque and constantly surprising Glen Grant distillery in Speyside

March 2005, Issue 46, page 34

Shannon's offer
Joe Bates goes back to the spiritual home of the duty-free sector

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A question of choice
Michael Jacksonponders the age old question of what's your favourite

August 2006, Issue 58, page 11

Time to sort this out
Dave Broom launches a campaign for clear labelling

December 2003, Issue 36, page 12

Getting religion
Michael Jackson has a glass of Glenn Hoddle with John Diamond

June 2001, Issue 16, page 7

Edinburgh's Whisky Fringe
John Morton recounts his experience on the Royal Mile.

November 2002, Issue 27, page 14

That's amore
Kate Ennis looks at why the Italians have such a passion for whisky

January 2007, Issue 61, page 48

The online bidder
Jonny McCormick reports on the Italian collection sold by Christie's, London

December 2010, Issue 92, page 74

Continuing education
Michael looks back at the early days of his education in Edinburgh's finest

July 2007, Issue 65, page 11

The ghost in the machine
Charles Maclean takes a midnight tour of spectural distillery dogs ghostly maltmen and spirit footsteps that are silenced by the burning of boots. So draw the curtains and gather round the fire

January 1999, Issue 1, page 34

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The writing is on the wall
Jim Murray laments the demise of more distilleries

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Kellar trends
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January 1970, Issue 84, page 33

Amanti del whisky di qualita
Tom Bruce-Gardyne investigates the success of an Italian club for whisky-lovers: the Single Malt Club of Scotland

June 2003, Issue 31, page 54

Edinburgh, whisky and crime (Ian Rankin)
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April 2001, Issue 15, page 56

Happy hunting grounds - Mystery Visitor goes to Speyside
Shrouded in an enigmatic air, Whisky Magazine's undercover visitor centre guru checks out four of Speyside's finest

June 2002, Issue 23, page 44

The lure of the Spey
In the latest in our series of places to visit we look at North Speyside.

April 2009, Issue 79, page 38

New Classics
The autumn is always an exciting time for whisky collectors and connoisseurs. There are generally a number of exciting limited edition releases,targeted at the gift market,and this year is no exceptio...

November 2006, Issue 60, page 18

Where there's a still there's a Spey
The Speyside Festival was both a blur of activity and a civilised and leisurely jaunt through the heart of the whisky world. Dominic Roskrow reports

July 2003, Issue 32, page 22

Natural born distillers (Aberlour)
Dave Broom visits Aberlour Distillery, built in a magical location that's home to some of the most knowledgable whisky folk in the world.

December 2000, Issue 13, page 36

Rising star
Andrew Symington has made huge success of Signatory, the world's second largest independent bottler. But this is just the beginning, as Tom Bruce-Gardyne found out.

June 2000, Issue 10, page 48

The visitors' guide to... Speyside
In each issue of Whisky Magazine this year we will look at a whisky region from a tourist's point of view. First up, Speyside

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Fighting to find the right blend
Dave Broom considers the implications of the industry's dog-eat-dog corporate strategy upon whisky's future

June 2001, Issue 16, page 8

Independently minded
What are the best independent bottlings out there? Our tasters tried more than 160 of them to find out. Here are the results…

November 2007, Issue 67, page 21

Class acts
The search starts again to find the cream of the crop in the whisky world. In the first of three voting heats, we reveal the winners of the Scottish round.

September 2011, Issue 98, page 6

Clear as mud?
When is a Cardhu not a Cardhu? Dave Broom investigates

September 2003, Issue 33, page 12

The Splendour of Speyside
Nature and native cunning have nurtured the distillery industry on the banks of the Spey. Tom Bruce-Gardyne took a trip through a whisky wonderland

October 1999, Issue 6, page 68

Showtime at Glasgow
The world's premier whisky tasting show, Whisky Live visited Glasgow for the fifth time recently and sales boomed with a record attendance on the Saturday.

November 2008, Issue 76, page 10

It takes two
Hans and Becky Offringa have combined their respective talents to spread the word about whisky. Dominic Roskrow reports

June 2011, Issue 96, page 31

A life away from the waver
Robin Laing joins a group of enthusiasts heading up the Spey with paddles.

April 2010, Issue 87, page 50

Glenlivin' it up
This year's Speyside Festival was a great success. Marcin Miller was there

June 2004, Issue 40, page 16

Men behaving well (Jack and Wallace Milroy)
Joanna Simon meets Jack and Wallace Milroy, single malt whisky pioneers, and finds them refusing ot live up to their reputations

August 1999, Issue 5, page 60

From the Editor
I was lunching with my publisher recently in a trendy London restaurant, as one does. It was the kind of place which is favoured by advertising account executives and merchant bankers; my publisher wa...

September 2000, Issue 11, page 5

Market wobbles
Should we be concerned when the WMI falls? Jonny McCormick explains.

October 2011, Issue 99, page 74

H.P. Source
Autumn brings an abundance of Highland Park reports Jonny McCormick.

December 2011, Issue 100, page 98

From monsters to minnows
Pip Hills looks at who owns what in the world of whisky

March 2003, Issue 29, page 17

Whisky from the wild side (Glenlivet)
The spirit of innovation has always been a part of distilling at Glenlivet. Dave Broom charts ahistory shot through with passion, rebellion and imagination.

June 2000, Issue 10, page 28

The geography of taste
In part four of his nosing course. Charles Maclean looks at how malts came to be classified by region

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Speyside festival preview
It's bigger, it's better and it's back – yes, once again, the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is upon us and the organisers promise a host of good things. Ian Buxton investigates

May 2002, Issue 22, page 34

Glasgow Showtime
New venue,different time of the year and some fresh new features made for another great show in Glasgow.

December 2007, Issue 68, page 10

Missed opportunities
Dave Broom on the demise and eventual death of Allied Domecq

September 2005, Issue 50, page 12

The yellow coat
Michael Jackson enjoys a Glenkinchie or two and celebrates the unbuttoning of Edinburgh

November 2001, Issue 19, page 7

How hip is your flask?
Michael Jackson, on the road, With an ear for a great whisky

April 2001, Issue 15, page 7

    Glen Grant Distillery
  • Elgin Road. Rothes. Moray. Scotland. AB38 7BN
  • Tel : + 44 (0) 1340 832 118
  • Fax : +44 (0) 1340 832 104
    Hart Brothers
  • PO Box 5562. Glasgow. Lanarkshire. Scotland. G77 9AP
  • Tel : +44 8709 220 250
  • Fax : +44 141 427 9300
    Murray McDavid
  • Drumore House. Campbelltown. Argyll & Bute. Scotland. TA28 6HD
  • Tel : +44 1586 554 875
  • Fax : +44 1586 554 905

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