Glenrothes reviews

A.D. Rattray is known for bottling single casks at cask strength. In this case it’s a young Glenrothes on sherry that yielded no less than 607 bottles at a whopping 64.3%. Surely the spirit went into the…

I read in Ingvar Ronde’s Malt Whisky Yearbook that Edrington has plans to make Glenrothes their next ‘Premium Spirit’. Usually that means bottlings at higher age, but also much higher prices. Think…

This is a long overdue review from a sample sent to me by @wierdo.I've never had any Glenrothes before and am always keen and eager to try something new. The review is with a little water.Neat - This…

Nose: immediately full and rich with massive fruit and oak. Luscious berry and melon, as well as enticing cinnamon spice. Grape. Orange peel. Quite dessert-like. Simply lovely.Taste: sweet and fruity to…

WhiskyClub.co from Taiwan has, in collaboration with the Kuva Spirits Collection, bottled a cask of Glenrothes 1997. No less than 300 bottles from this first fill sherry but were bottled, but… in three…

In September 2018 Glenrothes announced she would be replacing the Vintage releases with a brand new series with age statements, listening to the name Soleo Collection. This was the first, and influencial…

Chieftain’s is a label from Ian Macleod Distillers – who also own Glengoyne, Tamdhun Smokehead and Edinburgh Gin, to name a few. This Glenrothes from 1997 was released in 2016. Wonderful color.Aromatic…

I taste this whisky on the 28th December 2018. So what? Well, remember that the first spirit came out of the stills at Glenrothes on 28th December 1879, so exactly 139 years ago to the day. Anyway. This…

I recently ran into my whisky buddy Laurens who offered me a sample of this young Glenrothes. Bottled in 2013 by Adelphi at a cask strength of… 66.6%. Well, this can only be a young whisky, right? Yup…

Part of the re-vamp of the Glenrothes line, it was recently sold back to Edrington group by Berry Brothers & Rudd. They have decided to move from using vintages to age statements. Although if we follow…