7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Glenrothes 8 MacPhail’s Collection
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Toasted malt with fruit aromas, hints of green apples and fresh coconut. A subtle salty sea air is also present.
Taste
Sweet with floral and fruit flavours, banana, and lemonade with a slight walnut edge.
Finish
Fairly short.
Nose
Rich and fruity. Caramel. Overripe cherries. Durian. A touch of cardboard and permanent marker.
Taste
Sweet and spicy. Brown sugar. Cinnamon sticks. Oak. French burnt peanuts.
Finish
Long. Spicy with lots of oak
Liquor
Glenrothes 8 Sovereign
Type
ABV
59.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Yeasty sour dough bread, Sultana, faint vanilla and sour honey, red wine notes, malty, dry oak, big alcoholic tinge
Taste
Hot and sour soup, dry sherry, honey, fig. Going to add some water to try and tame this beast.
Finish
Hot and lingering yeasty bread notes, malty, fig and sultana fruits. Medium-Long
Liquor
Glenrothes 8 The MacPhail’s Collection
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Toasted malt with fruit aromas, hints of green apples and fresh coconut. A subtle salty sea air is also present.
Taste
Sweet with floral and fruit flavours, banana, and lemonade with a slight walnut edge.
Finish
Fairly short.
Liquor
Glenrothes 9 2007 Gordon & MacPhail Co-Op
Type
ABV
62.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Butterscotch, pear, alcohol, grass, lime zest
Taste
Cloves, butter, apple juice, anise, black cherry
Finish
Apple, cloves, herbal, anise, heather
Liquor
Glenrothes 9 2011 Strictly Limited
Type
ABV
47.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sherried fruits, raisins, and prunes with baking spices.
Taste
Hefty fruit cake with plenty of boozy fruits and marzipan, wafts of clove, and cinnamon.
Finish
More cakey spice, sweet dark fruits, and orange peels.
Nose
Fresh, floral, coconut, American oak vanilla
Taste
Soft, mellow, creme brulee and berry fruits
Finish
Smooth, sweet, medium length
Liquor
Glenrothes Bourbon Cask Reserve
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Soft vanilla, graham cracker, fresh hay, brown sugar, and a slight tinge of cut green grass. Simple, but inoffensiv
Taste
Moderate body, with a ton of vanilla upfront. Mildly sweet, and with only a touch of balancing bitterness.
Finish
Medium-short. That bitterness comes through stronger on the finish, with an oaky tannin and some also-bitter charcoal
Liquor
Glenrothes Elders’ Reserve
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Brittle toffee, orange, lemons, ginger and new leather, plus hazelnuts and slight salt.
Taste
Viscous, with oranges, cinnamon, vanilla toffee and spicy oak.
Finish
Toffee, allspice and black pepper.
Liquor
Glenrothes John Ramsay Legacy
Type
ABV
46.7%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Rich spicy blood orange and vanilla.
Taste
Rich, full flavour, balanced oak and fruit, mango.
Finish
Long, mature and tactile, unmistakably American oak.
Liquor
Glenrothes Manse Reserve
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Autumn orchard, custard cream biscuits, fleeting but recurrent floral notes.
Taste
Fresh, uplifting, bottled pears, soft alluring spices.
Finish
Medium length. Refreshingly fruity with uplifting spices.
Liquor
Glenrothes Minister’s Reserve
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Rich and sherried, with milk chocolate, ripe apples, ginger, sultanas, vanilla and worn leather.
Taste
Smooth and full, honey, dark chocolate, rich, spicy tropical fruits, leather, black pepper and pleasing aged oak.
Finish
Milky cocoa and soft oak.