Grant's Standfast 1970's

Grant's Triple Wood

Nose: a bit sweet. Also dank, mossy. Dried orange peel, raisin, damp wood, very slight peat. A decent range of aromas, but ultimately quite thin. Taste: that hard bite of young grain whisky. A bit more peat smoke than was evident on the nose (though not a peaty whisky per se), a bit less fruity sweetness. Finish: sweetness goes over to bitterness...

Score 66/100

Grant's The Knot

As I swirled the syrupy liquid in the glencairn and the pungent aroma of caramel and vanilla wafted toward me, I looked over at the bottle and said 'ooohh...Im going to regret you, aren't I?' I've been drinking whisky for long enough and learned enough now that I have certain expectations- not many, at this price point, but above all, I expect...

Score 25/100

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 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