Famous Grouse reviews

Just like the 10 Year Old Malt, this is a Blended Malt (previously Vatted Malt), but this time of 12 year old single malts, all distilled in 1987. This one also contains Macallan, Highland Park and…

After the sale of Black Bottle (and Bunnahabhain distillery) to Burn Stewart in 2003, Edrington Group was looking for a replacement. After the success of the Famous Grouse, it was just a small step to…

It's all about the drinkability. All toffee and sweetness.

Nose: Predominantly wood and honey. I feel a "smell of something reserved", a small amount of tobaccoPalate: Lots of wood, fruit impressively, but not much, especially canned peaches, finishing with a…

the intense flavour of famous grouse makes this blended scotch one of my favourites

I've been a big fan of Famous Grouse. I've been drinking it for a long time, but honestly I haven't really touched it much since going to single malts. However, it still has a special place in my heart…

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: As the bottle label does it's best to explain, this is meant to be a marriage of peated malt with the Famous Grouse blend, so naturally…