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Glen Moray 28 Year Old 1985 SMWS Single Cask 35.109 A Class Act Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2014) 75cl
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Glen Moray 28 Year Old 1985 SMWS Single Cask 35.109 A Class Act Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2014) 75cl

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Brand: Glen Moray
Type: Single Malt
Region: Speyside
Age: 28
Country: Scotland

Glen Moray 28 Year Old 1985 SMWS Single Cask 35.109 A Class Act Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2014) 75cl

1 of 128 bottles produced - Old & Dignified Flavour Profile.

This was only released in USA so a little more whisky at 75cl instead of 70cl. It is a cask that we did not get to enjoy in the UK.
It is such a delight to see some of the really early editions of the SMWS single cask bottlings. Even better to drink them!

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

It has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!

The SMWS are one of the Britain's most revered independent bottlers with a worldwide network of partner bars with one mission of getting as much whisky at natural cask strength without water to different nations including USA, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Germany and many others.

These older labels from the first runs are mostly with distillation methods that include direct heat which was replaced with steam for many distilleries for environmental reasons changing the taste of whisky forever. It'll get real interesting when nuclear fusion is used to distil whisky. We might glow green for a few weeks after we drink the stuff. Who knows.... but all we know is that the old stuff has a musky taste that is VERY welcomed by people nowadays trying to time travel through whisky's past.

TASTING NOTES

The dram oozes class so therefore give it some time, don't rush and you will be richly re-warded. Aromas of Millionaire's shortbread, lemon, orange and banana marzipan fruits., baked apple filled with pecan, cinnamon and raisins, brandy butter ice cream, sandalwood and fresh tobacco leaves are all jostling for your full attention. The taste is silky smooth like runny honey or toffee sauce, sauternes soaked raisins coated in dark chocolate, and an elegant cup of jasmine tea with a slice of marzipan cake. Careful adding water; turning slightly dusty and nutty like Alpen Muesli with macadamia nuts as well as honey glazed walnuts and an overall pleasant creamy mouth feel.

About Glen Moray

Soft and fruity are the key words when talking of Glen Moray which makes it a very amenable partner with American oak. That is unless you single cask a sleeping beast.

It is believed that the closeness of the river and the high water table produces a slightly warmer and more humid microclimate which assists maturation. Since the La Martiniquaise takeover [see below] a higher percentage of first-fill American oak is used, adding more buttery notes to the mix. It was one of the first whiskies to be ‘finished’ in wine casks – Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay specifically – as well as Port. After a few quiet years, new releases are beginning to appear. Some peated malt is now being run as well.

Although now in the midst of housing, Glen Moray originally sat outwith Elgin’s boundaries (it was where the burgh’s gallows once stood) and started life as a brewery, taking its water and power from the fast-flowing River Lossie alongside. The downside of this watery proximity is the act that the distillery regularly floods.

Its function changed in 1897 as one of the many new distilleries built (or in this case converted) at a time when the whisky boom seemed never-ending. Like many [Imperial, Benriach] it fell victim to the slump which took place at the start of the 20th century and closed in 1910, being snapped up in 1923 by Macdonald & Muir (owner of Glenmorangie).

A large Saladin maltings was installed in 1958 when the number of stills doubled to four. The maltings ran until 1978.

In the latter part of its ownership by Glenmorangie, Glen Moray became the firm’s ‘budget’ malt with a price often the same as standard blends. While sales rose, there was little profit made and the distillery’s image was badly damaged.

In 2008, it was sold to French distilling firm La Martiniquaise, predominantly for fillings for its Label Five and Glen Turner brands. Capacity has since been increased by 40% with new washbacks and another pair of stills being installed.

46.7% ABV

75cl

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