Grant’s Cask Editions Ale Cask Finish

By Barry Bradford on June 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Grant’s Cask Editions Ale Cask Finish (40%, OB, 2014)

ABV: 40%
Age: NAS
Bottling: OB, William Grant & Sons
Category: Blended scotch whisky
Cost: £20.14
Origin: n/a
Vintage: undeclared

What they say

A blended whisky from Glenfiddich’s owner William Grant & Sons. The whisky was finished in strong Edinburgh ale casks, very malty. Now it comes with new packaging. Very handsome…

Official tasting notes:

The nose is of medium-body and quite smooth, there are some herbal notes and a little sweetness, something vegetal lurks. The palate is of medium-body and well-balanced. The cask notes are subtle but present, there are some gentle vegetal notes with a hoppy note, there are fudge notes with barley. The finish is of good length with floral honey notes.

What I say

Grant’s blended whisky finished in ex-Ale casks, retained as part of the 2018 redesign and available in new packaging.

My tasting notes:

Appearance: Antique amber gold (9/20), chunky legs and large tears.
Nose: Beery initially, cereal barley & fresh milled barley, some fruit, apple, lemon citrus, deeper sugars, brown sugar or fudge, a hint of treacle perhaps, malt, floral, Turkish delight lemon & rose and apple & raspberry.
Taste: Gentle palate, cereal barley malt, maize and popcorn, icing sugar, vanilla, coconut, woody oak, toffee, caramel, fudge, butterscotch, no spice, yeasty, honey, malty and hoppy.
Finish: Short, icing sugar and vanilla sweet then nutty cereals.

Overall

Smoother and a lot nicer than the Family Reserve blend, the extra time in Ale casks has added some malts, hops and filtered out any spice and spirity elements, great!