I’d never even heard of single grain whisky before, but this tasted unlike any single malt I’d ever tried. Very special. Unfortunately they only had 2 bottles left so I coudn’t buy one, but did buy another single grain that I was advised by the guy from Duncan Taylors was even better than the Invergordon and it was about 20 quid cheaper!
Just waiting until my house move is completed before I open it though.
Anyone else tried a single grain whisky before? What did you think? My understanding is that most grain whisky goes into the blended market.
Thankfully the place I bought it from gave me a discount (single malts direct in Huntly, can’t recommend them enough) so I didn’t spend the amount advertised. But it was still expensive.
They get you drunk first you see…
Anyway I figure I might as well have one really, really nice bottle on my shelf for special occasions. But it’s not a price I’m going to be paying for whisky often.
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Ah. I think I did sample a single grain at some point. There are quite a few of them out there, pretty much all I think from independent bottlers and all very old. Probably because the grain whiskies in themself are so light in character and they are matured in very weak and tired casks.
As I’m sure you already know the major part of all whisky goes into blending but particularly with grain. It was invented as a very cheap and quick way to make huge quantities of whisky, but unfortunately the distillate doesn’t have much character at all so it’s matured in very old and used up casks (because the law states that all whiskies in a blend must be matured for at least 3 years) and used to provide the volume in a blend, it’s always the malt that contributes the character. I understand however that many of these old grains from the independent bottlers can be very pleasant and satisfying. It’s pretty logical when I think about it, the light grain whisky would be swamped if it would have matured in a fresh cask for more than a few years, and if it would mature for a short time in it’s old casks it would lack any character at all. But after so many years it may just be perfect even though the casks and the distillate weren’t good to begin with… Glad you found a nice one!
Myself, I think I’ll now have a wee dram of Springbank
whisky
Not in my house. I amassed five bottles of single malts on my birthday in June and, partly due to my son’s recent visit, they all failed to age more than two months.
Nice catch, I didn’t notice that before. Anyone who wants to do shots of good whisky doesn’t deserve to drink good whisky.
I was up late drinking whisky (a 12 year old Balvenie) on Saturday night and was almost tempted to open the Carsebridge when we finished the other bottle. But I’m determined to save it until I’ve had some good news with my flat sale.
I bought some nice whisky today, no grains though. I have a new little bar cabinet which I need to furnish.
Today I bough an Ardbeg Uigeadail, one The Glenlivet 16yo Nadurra and I ordered an Aberlour A’Bunadh to be picked up later this week. All three are cask strength, non chill filtered and without artificial colouring. All three are very good value and reprecenting different styles of malt whisky; the Ardbeg being smokey, tary and medium bodied, the Glenlivet being lightly smoked, white oak matured (typically fresh fruits, herbs and vanilla like flavours) and relatively light bodied, and the Aberlour being lightly smoked, european oak matured (typically dried fruits, chocolate and wood like flavours) and heavy bodied. All three recommended.
I’ll wait til tonight before having a dram of some nice
whisky
Ahh Glenlivet. Thank you Henke. I had a bottle of that once and really enjoyed it but I couldn’t remember the name of it. I have been trying different ones out since trying to get that taste again.
Now the INVERGORDON 1965 Duncan Taylor 50.8% would be a good investment then do you think? If you can find a good hiding place for it?
