Girvan 1989 Cask 37525 Celebration of the Cask Carn Mor

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

Girvan 33 Year Old 1979 Cadenhead Small Batch

The Girvan Distillery can be found in the Lowlands and is owned by William Grants & Sons, better known as the company behind Glenfiddich. The production is destined for the blends of the company, but independent bottlers often are able to put their hands on nicely matured casks, such as this very pale Girvan 1979, no less than 33 years old,...

Score 84/100

Girvan 18 Year Old 1989 Blackadder Raw Cask

Another golden oldie grain! Distilled in 1989 and bottled in 2008 by Blackadder, the bottler that adds some cask residue in its famous Raw Cask series. I must confess that I do not have a lot of experience with this grain. This is only the 6th that I taste so far. The nose is very promising on banana, coconut and peach from a tin. Vanilla and...

Score 86/100

Girvan 12 Year Old 2006 Cadenhead’s

Girvan is a relatively young distillery, founded in 1963 by the family William Grant & Sons, which we all know from Glenfiddich and Balvenie, but also from Kininvie and newcomer Ailsa Bay. Girvan was founded to produce the needed quantity of grain for the blends of the company: Grant’s. We’ll try a relatively young cask that was bottle by...

Score 83/100