After the remarkable grain whiskies I’ve enjoyed in this year’s Advent Calendar it seems appropriate to end on another. North British is one of Scotland’s largest grain whisky producers and although (as with most grain whisky) the vast majority goes into big brand blends, just about every independent bottler seems to offer at least one… Read more »
Another blend from the TBWC folk today, and curiously it’s labelled as a blended whisky rather than a blended malt – a suggestion that there’s some grain whisky in there too, or did they just decide to have a bit more variety in their blend names?! Blended Whisky No. 2 18 Year Old Batch 2… Read more »
I’d never heard of Glenturret, but apparently it houses the Famous Grouse Experience (from which we can infer that it’s a significant component of the Famous Grouse!) which makes it a pretty significant tourist stop. It also claims to be “Scotland’s oldest working distillery”, but to be honest I’ve lost count of the distilleries that say… Read more »
It’s pretty rare that I get to taste a whisky that’s older than me – a problem that, I suppose, only gets worse as I get older. Girvan is a large distillery largely dedicated to pumping out grain whisky destined for blends but, as is often the case, the occasional cask escapes and turns up… Read more »
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