Grant's 12 Year Old Best Procurable 1930s

Grant's Family Reserve

An entry level whisky, it doesn't have massive complexity or delicacy but its very decent, enjoyable and accessible blend. * Nose: honey, grassy notes some caramel and plenty of barley sugar. With water caramel really comes through with buttery note as well, a grape note is there too, grassy notes really quieten down which is a shame. * Pallet:...

Score 80/100

Grant's 12 Year Old Blended

After 12 years of maturation in oak casks it is finished in first-fill American whiskey casks, making it richer, sweeter and more syrupy. nose: Starts with a shiff of Paper from a magazine, vanilla, honey and zest, ginger candy in addition to some smoke and tobacco leaves in the background as well as some pine leaves. Palate: initial smoke boom...

Score 80/100

Grant's Stand Fast (2012)

This whisky is indeed a special one. A blend but a very unusual blend with a real nice story behind it. If you want the full Monty have a look here, or here, and even here. If you are lazy or don’t feel like a long reading here’s the essence in short: Earlier this year Paul Kendall, archivist of the Grant’s family, discovered a book which...

Score 88/100

Grant's 12 Year Old Triple Wood

Grant's Triple Wood seems to be a re-branding of the old Family Reserve. The website specifies sherry cask, American oak, and refill bourbon barrel. Nose: sweet with dried cherries and grape juice. Lightly aromatic with heather honey. A very light peatiness, a bit of tobacco, and then some oak. Palate: quite light, with a bit of honey sweetness...

Score 74/100