You can never grumble when offered a Glen Moray, or can you ? Glen Moray like i have said so many times is often overlooked and ridiculed by those who have been rather blinkered by the price of its liquid. Glen Moray Distillery first produced spirit on the 13th September 1897 although there had been…
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Virgin Oak Finish – Glen Moray
Glen Moray Distillery Exclusive The Bottle Your Own scene seems to be everywhere these days and although most distilleries are strict on you only getting a bottle when visiting the distillery some will be friendly and bottle you one up if you ask nicely.. Glen Moray is one of those distilleries and although some argue…
Glen Moray 15 Year Old 2005 Tokaji Finish – Warehouse 1
13th September 1897… What is significant about this date ? it is the day spirit started to run from the stills at Glen Moray !! Possibly the most underrated distillery in Scotland by the masses, why ? Well if you walk into most supermarkets especially within the Uk you will find a whisky called Glen…
Glen Moray 14 Year Old 2006 Sauternes Cask Matured – Warehouse 1
Glen Moray Founded in 1897 and sitting on the site where the Elgin West Brewery once occupied the distillery can trace its history back to 1830 when the brewery was producing ale. The history books show that spirit first flowed at the distillery on the 13th of September 1897, this spirit was then filled into…
35-259 Rumtopf Birnenbrot and Stollen
Smws Every time the Smws is mentioned within a group of whisky people it splits the room, what starts as a simple discussion generally turns a little heated at times with strong opinions being thrown around.. But lets take a look at just what its about and try to take both sides whilst drinking a…
Glen Moray 8yo – A D Rattray
A D Rattray Founded by Andrew Dewar Rattray in 1868, the company initially began by trading as an importer of fine French wines, Italian spirits and olive oil, It was however not long before the company also established itself as a specialist in the art of blending whiskies. It was not uncommon to see the…
Glen Moray 10 Year Old – Douglas Laing
Douglas Laing Douglas Laing for those of you who don’t know are a Glasgow based independent bottler who pride themselves in bottling some of Scotland’s finest single malts, not to mention some Remarkable blended malts, blended whisky and single grains.. Initially founded in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing after serving his time in the Royal…
Glen Moray 21 Year Old Portwood Finish
Glen Moray When you talk to most people about Glen Moray they instantly think about the “cheap supermarket” bottles that they imagine are crap because 1, they haven’t bought them because they are cheap and must be crap and 2, they haven’t tried them because they are cheap !! And cheap must mean they are…
35.214 Without Pretence
SMWS A long running whisky club that has now been running since 1983 and was set up by a group of friends. Now recognised all around the world with thousands of enthusiastic members this once exclusive club is now probably well over subscribed.. Set up with the intention to be different the SMWS intentions was…
Glen Moray Single Cask #1164
Glen Moray In an age where bottles of whisky are fetching astonishing figures, selling as investments rather than something to be drunk and arriving in the finest Lalique glass decanters, distilleries boasting long lost or rediscovered casks that have suddenly been located in dark dusty corners, there is a distillery quietly getting on with what…
Glen Moray Mastery.
2017 was a special year for Glen Moray as they celebrated the 120th anniversary, so it was only fitting that Master Distiller and Distillery manager Graham Coull sould come up with something a little special in order to celebrate in style.. Hence the birth of Glen Moray Mastery, created using Bourbon matured whisky from the…
Glen Moray 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Finish..
Another review and another Glen Moray single cask.. Don’t get much better than that let me tell you !! The 4th instalment sees me reviewing this Glen Moray 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Finish, at just over 15 years old this whisky has spent the majority of time maturing in a Bourbon cask before spending the last 9…
Claxton’s Glen Moray 10 yo.
Claxton’s, the family owned independent bottlers based in Ripon near York are about to launch another set of fine single cask bottlings.. After a very successful first year which resulted in releases like the Glen Elgin 20 and the superb Glenrothes 19 yo to name but two, the company is now ramping up production and…
Glen Moray 1998 Px Finish.
Review number 3 in this mini series seems a little like Deja vu, last year we had a rather special release from 1994 which was also a Px Finish like this one and boy was it an outstanding dram.. This expression is a little younger and I have great expectations for it so fingers crossed….
Glen Moray 2010 Peated PX finish.
The second review in this mini series sees me reviewing this Glen Moray Peated PX finish from the Glen Moray distillery, nestled at the top of speyside this Distillery is certainly giving us some very decent whisky. Bottled at 55.8% this single cask #99917 was distilled in 2010 and spent the first 3.5 years in…
Glen Moray Port Cask Finish – Bottle your own.
Glen Moray Distillery first produced spirit on the 13th September 1897 but had been producing beer way back in the 1830’s when originally set up as a brewery. Today the Distillery finds itself under the watchful eye of Master distiller / blender and manager Graham Coull.. Graham is only the fifth Master blender to have…
Glen Moray ” Bottle your own” Port Finish.
There is something magical about visiting a distillery and being able to take away an exclusive “bottle your own” expression, the experience just gives the visit that little bit of an extra special feeling.. If like me you visit a distillery on every opportunity you will know that bottling your own exclusive whisky is on…
Glen Moray 1994 sherry, bourbon and Peated Distillery exclusives.
1994 has always been a special year for me as it was the year my first daughter was born, so when Glen Moray had a live tasting on twitter and a 1994 sherry finish was involved I was more than interested.. As anyone who knows me knows I’m very partial to a sherry cask whisky…
AN EVENING WITH GLEN MORAY..
Last night ( 5-9-16 ) I had the pleasure of joining several other bloggers and some of the staff from Glen Moray distillery in a live tasting of 5 expressions form their impressive portfolio.. These live events are organised by Steve from the whisky wire, an online promotional company that can be found easily on…
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