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Glen Grant 15 years Batch Strength First Edition

spicy malty
3.7
(2)€70Scotland, Speyside, Single Malt

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James 'The Major' Grant fitted tall, slender stills with purifiers back in the 1870s. That engineering choice still shapes every batch of Glen Grant. This Batch Strength First Edition takes that lighter house style and turns up the volume. It rests in first-fill bourbon casks, then goes into the bottle at full strength, uncut. Expect green apple and ripe pear first, then dried fruit, raisins and sultanas. Ginger, black pepper and cinnamon follow, with a hint of coconut and sawdust underneath. Pour it neat and let it breathe for a moment before the spice settles.

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About the distillery

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Glen Grant

Glen Grant distillery is located in the Speyside region of Scotland. The distillery was founded in 1840 by brothers John and James Grant. The distillery uses water from the Caperdonich Well, which is located on the estate, and the barley is sourced from local farms. Glen Grant was purchased by the Italian company Campari Group in December 2005. It is the biggest selling single malt Scotch whisky in Italy. The whisky is distilled in tall, slender stills which produces a light and fruity spirit. Glen Grant produces both peated and unpeated whisky, with the unpeated variety being the most commonly found. The whisky is aged in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, which gives it its distinctive flavour profile.

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About the Glen Grant 15 years Batch Strength First Edition

Glen Grant 15 years Batch Strength First Edition is a single malt Scotch whisky from Glen Grant in Rothes, Speyside. It comes from one of Scotland's oldest working distilleries, founded in 1840. This expression spends fifteen years in oak. Then goes into the bottle at a robust 50% ABV, uncut and unchill-filtered. That higher strength brings out more of the fruit and spice that Glen Grant is known for across Speyside. The distillery owes its clean, fruity house style to James 'The Major' Grant, an early Glen Grant owner. He fitted the stills with tall, slender necks and copper purifiers, a rare setup still used today. All four wash stills and four spirit stills carry purifiers, built to maximise copper contact. That combination gives Glen Grant one of the lightest, clearest, most orchard-forward spirit styles in Scotland. Fifteen years in cask lets that character build without losing its signature freshness. Pour a glass and the nose leans toward ripe green apple and pear. Apricot and a perfumed, floral lift sit just behind them. Underneath is dried fruit, raisins and sultanas, with a faint trace of sawdust from the cask. The palate turns spicier at this strength. Ginger, black pepper and cinnamon arrive fast, backed by malty sweetness and a touch of coconut. Mango and nectarine drift through the middle before the spice returns. It is a bolder, more textured side of Glen Grant's usual fruit-forward character. The Glen Grant 15 years Batch Strength First Edition rewards drinking it neat, with time to open in the glass. Its higher ABV means the flavours stay layered rather than flattening out. Fans of Speyside single malt Scotch whisky will enjoy something more intense than Glen Grant's standard range. It suits anyone curious about how far Glen Grant's tall stills and purifiers can be pushed at batch strength. It never loses the distillery's fruit-led signature.