The Snow Grouse Glenturret Distillery - Crieff, Perthshire Famous Grouse bottling. WhiskyBase reference page

For info   Reviews on this site try to be pretty free-form, focusing on the overall feeling of the dram as well as specific flavours. The scoring is biased towards taste (the key factor!), and drams are always tested against a control or as part of a group test.
 

Paint a picture...
On a bleak moor, you're in the mood to hunt something yet you have neither the will nor the way to achieve your goals. You stumble into an old bird hide to get away from the sleet outside, letting the musty, peppery air replace the dampness. You sleep over, trudging home the next morning as early risers tut - a walk of shame, of sorts.

Come on now, what are the key flavours?
An interesting nose: black pepper and fresh, green pepper, with a spiciness and an old gym kit shortly behind. If the unusual nose seemed promising, it's quickly replaced with little in the mouth: so watery, "huh?", perhaps some baked lemons adding something to the void. They suggest serving this on ice, which might well be to reunite it with its bedfellow.

Seriously though, any good?
It left such a distant feeling after drinking, coupled with a longing for improvement - not just in this dram, but in general. It tasted more like a standard whisky that had been left out in a glass overnight. I'm tempted to even suggest this was a bad sample. Its nose was its only saving grace, but that's not enough to prevent a disastrous score.

Tasted on: 07/12/13 Bought: 08/06/13 Bought from: Master of Malt Control: Hedonism 2.1 0.1

The Infamous Grouse?

In summary:
Peppery, musty nose. Distant, watery taste. No good.
 
 

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