7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Glenrothes 11 SMWS 30.74
Type
ABV
60.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sherry-soaked raisins in fruit cake, strawberry jam, dried cherries, bananas, toffee apples, candy floss, crème brûlée, nut brittle, syrup-drenched pancakes, honey, sawdust, crushed pepper
Taste
The palate now offered buttered fruit loaf, raspberry tart and date slice; sweet, fruity and rich.
Finish
Long finish
Liquor
Glenrothes 12 Berry Bros and Rudd
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Fruity, spicy nose
Taste
Heathery-honeyed palate
Finish
Long. dried fruit character and real mellowness.
Nose
Gingerbread, stewed apple and earthy vanilla, then soft tropical fruit notes and a hint of sherried funk.
Taste
Creamy hazelnut, dried fruit and a hint of cinnamon. Hints of chocolate, old leather, dried herbs and tobacco add depth among Galia melon and honeyed oak.
Finish
Long and sweet with a touch of baking spice and more stewed fruits.
Nose
Gingerbread, stewed apple and earthy vanilla, then soft tropical fruit notes and a hint of sherried funk.
Taste
Creamy hazelnut, dried fruit and a hint of cinnamon. Hints of chocolate, old leather, dried herbs and tobacco add depth among Galia melon and honeyed oak.
Finish
Long and sweet with a touch of baking spice and more stewed fruits.
Liquor
Glenrothes 13 2003 Single Cask #5578
Type
ABV
56.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Red licorice, fruity & herbal tobacco, peach, Xmas spices, cotton candy
Taste
Red licorice, caramel, nectarine, burnt BBQ sauce
Finish
Tobacco (herbal, mineral), burnt sugar, shortbread, cotton
Liquor
Glenrothes 16 The Ultimate 1997
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Plums, caramel, wood, currant, fresh baked bread, stir fry
Taste
Molasses, banana, cherry, tannin, pepper, blackberry
Finish
Soy sauce, wood, malt, light grade maple syrup, Asian pear, tarragon
Liquor
Glenrothes 17 1997 Signatory Cask Strength
Type
ABV
54.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Loads of dark fruits: raisins, dates, figs, and black cherries, molasses, mustiness, and a bit of rubber, followed by raspberry chocolate cake.
Taste
Raisins and dates galore here with overwhelming sherry influence
Finish
This finish is long and just keeps going and going
Liquor
Glenrothes 17 The Ultimate
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Apples, lots of apples. Cloudy apple cider. Cardamom and slight cumin. Wet leaves. Yeast. Damp oak.
Taste
Very bitter. Funky yeast. Fermented apples. Rotting oak. Grassy. Acrid burnt plastic.
Finish
Short. Fermenting apples. Cut grass. Bitter wood splinters. Acetone.
Nose
Decadent vanilla and orange, with hints of cherry and almond developing
Taste
Still packing plenty of dried fruit notes, alongside crisp pear and a spicy touch of stem ginger.
Finish
Lasting sweetness of vanilla and pear, with peppery flourishes.
Liquor
Glenrothes 19 1997 25th Anniversary Kensington Wine Market Whisky Broker
Type
ABV
58%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Coffee, cherry, sugar cookie, ginger
Taste
Chocolate, ginger, lime, root vegetable, raisin
Finish
: Sea air, heat, lime zest, oak/tannin, strawberry, cinnamon
Nose
Grassy with herbal tea and verbena. Yoghurt and mint giving way to ginger honey cake.
Taste
Very expressive and intensely fluid; beautifully balanced liquorice and barley sugar with the texture of raw silk.
Finish
Mouth−watering lemon, lime and coriander.Indonesian pepper and yuzu
Liquor
Glenrothes 1969 Blackaddder
Type
ABV
53.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Cooked fruits, apple mash, caramel, nuts and little raisins, hints of cinnamon, brown sugar, milk chocolate, hints of apricot, fines notes of sherry wood, whiffs of vanilla
Taste
Punchy, oily, creamy, little sirupy, little liquorice, good sweetness, apple pie, more cooked fruits, jam, spices, little pepper and ginger, little toffee, chocolate, little woody notes
Finish
Long, warm, spicy, little fruity