When someone asks me to recommend a single malt scotch, the name “Glen Moray” does not pop immediately to mind. Why not? It’s a malt whisky distillery in its own right, just like heavy-hitters Glenfiddich and The Macallan. It may be smaller, but I recommend small distilleries like Oban all the time. So why not Glen Moray?
Since I got yelled at a few weeks ago for reviewing Jim Beam’s original “White Label” bourbon without thoroughly panning it, I thought I’d double down and review Beam’s Double Oak edition. Yes I’ve been planning to use that joke since I bought the bottle. Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week.
Mortlach has, once again, revamped its range. It has replaced the Rare Old (NAS) bottling with this new age-stated 12 year as the “entry” dram. While I do applaud the use of a 12 year malt as the entry-level bottle for a distillery’s official range, I’m not crazy about any “entry level” bottling starting at $55. But no distillery has yet asked me for pricing advice, so onward we plunge.