
December 16, 2025

The Time Warp Sessions, new aged Glen Grants with 30 years between them

I find it unfair that Glen Grant remains somewhat slightly in the shadows today. It's one of the seminal malt distilleries—if not the seminal one—whose official releases, or those through Gordon & MacPhail, long outclassed the competition fair and square when it came to quality.

Glen Grant 30 yo 1994-1995/2025 (46.8%, Decadent Drinks, WhiskyLand, barrels, 360 bottles)

The boss of Decadent Drinks, citizen Angus, is an absolute fanatic of Glen Grant and generally speaking, that shows in their bottlings. Let’s check this one quickly then… Colour: deep gold. Nose: it’s like an old Meursault, or a very old white Graves, in any case it has that sort of complexity, somewhere between orange pound cake, melted butter, white flowers, very ripe pear, stearin wax, and chervil… Mouth: even better than on the nose, more citrus-led, with lemon creams, lemon meringue pie, and numerous secondary and tertiary elements, including wood spices that have completely melted into the distillate, along with touches of pineapple. Finish: medium in length, with grapefruit but also coconut and herbal infusions. Comments: one of those slightly fragile moments when the whisky hesitates somewhat about which path to follow. It’s true that Glen Grant no longer has the rich, muscular profile of olden times, but here there are some very, very beautiful remnants. A somewhat intellectual malt, but that’s not why we rather love it, eh.
SGP:561 - 90 points.

Glen Grant 59 yo 1966/2025 (51.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, Year of the Fire Horse, refill sherry hogshead, 88 bottles)

In China, the year of the fire horse is 2026! We may be a little early here. For once, you might say… Colour: full gold. Nose: it’s so typical, so lovely, so marked by all things straight out of a beehive—pollen, honey, wax, propolis, fir wood—and notes of old Chablis from a great vintage and an excellent grand cru. Not Grenouilles, that’s terribly overrated and doesn’t hold up. My advice, drop it. Anyway… With water: wonderful sweetness, white chocolate, barbecued bananas, sandalwood, marshmallow… Mouth (neat): of great beauty, honeyed and gently resinous. In short, it’s fir honey with cosmetic notes (a hint of an elegant lady’s night cream) and verbena liqueur. With water: the fir, the spruce, the chartreuse, the verbena—all of it tries to take centre stage. You get exactly that impression of an old whisky slightly searching for its way, once more. It’s really charming and moving. Finish: not very long but remains entirely on the pine, hive and honey side. Comments: an exquisitely fragile thing, reminding us that malt whisky is a living being. Is it not?
SGP:561 - 92 points.

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