Glen Grant 35 Year Old 1974 The Octave Duncan Taylor

Glen Grant The Major's Reserve

I picked up this bottle mainly because I saw it advertised for around $45ish AUS dollars. This is quite cheap for a single malt in the land down under, especially for a malt that is not widely known about (well in Adelaide anyhow). I will also admit that a major reason for buying this drop was because it scored fairly well in the 2012 Whisky...

Score 70/100

Glen Grant 1972 Berry's Own Selection

Berry Bros & Rudd is an independent bottler from London, founded as wine merchants in 1698. In 1923 they 'designed' the blend Cutty Sark. Their shop in the heart of London (at 3 St James Street) offers champange, gin, wine and many other spirits apart from a whole range of whiskies. The bottled this Glen Grant 1972 in 2009. The nose is...

Score 89/100

Glen Grant 1970 Duncan Taylor

The independent bottler Duncan Taylor has already released quite a range of 1970's Glen Grant (1970, 1972 and 1974), that received quite a bit of praise. So I felt it was time for me to gives these a go as well. The 1970 Glen Grant was bottled exclusively for The Nectar Belgium. Only 139 bottles were available. The nose is simply marvellous....

Score 88/100

Glen Grant 1974 Berry Bros. and Rudd Cask 7643 (37 Years)

The last of my forgotten notes from last October, this was another purchased sample. I should note: I don't keep great track of the color of drams, so, for something this long ago, I have no idea what it looked like and am not bothering to move the color option (in case anybody cares or wonders.) Nose: Very winey. A fine orange-cherry liqueur....

Score 89/100