The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold blended scotch whisky

Your rating for The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold:

Your rating has been registered. Thank you!

product image

alc./vol:
40%

Proof:
80°

Vintage:
Non-vintage

Aged:
No age statement

Product of: Product of United Kingdom United Kingdom

See more Scotch - blended Scotch whisky

View 162 cocktails with Blended Scotch whisky

View product website


Mellow Gold joined The Famous Grouse range in July 2015 and was created by Master Blender Gordon Motion “to deliver a subtly sweeter, mellow flavour.” It is a blend of whiskies matured in a combination of sherry and bourbon casks.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 20/08/2015

Appearance

Clear, deep golden amber.

Aroma

Honeyed butterscotch, cream-of-soda vanilla, digestive biscuit, cinnamon and nutmeg spice with overripe banana, faint lavender and potpourri.

Taste

Rich and full-bodied with honey, fudge, creamy vanilla, sherry, butterscotch, sweet cinnamon spice and faint smokiness.

Aftertaste

Sherry and vanilla with lingering spice and faint smokiness.

Overall

Honeyed and rich with vanilla fudge, butterscotch, sherry and sweet Christmassy spice.

Further product information

Closure: Screw / Stelvin cap

More about The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold

Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky

In accordance with the Scotch Whisky Act of 1988, for a whisky to be termed a ‘Scotch whisky’ it must be distilled in Scotland from fermented cereal

Scotch whisky blended cocktail recipes

Scotch whisky blended cocktail recipes

View 162 Scotch whisky blended recipes on Difford's Guide

Produced by The Edrington Group Ltd

Produced by The Edrington Group Ltd
Owned by The Edrington Group Limited

Owned by The Edrington Group Limited

West Kinfauns, Perth, PH2 7XZ, United Kingdom
Click to see other products by The Edrington Group Limited

UK distribution by Edrington-Beam Suntory

UK distribution by Edrington-Beam Suntory
UK trade PR by The Big Partnership

UK trade PR by The Big Partnership

Also enjoy

Dewar's Double Double 32 Year Old

Dewar's Double Double 32 Year Old

star rating 5.0

Dewar’s “double-age” their whiskies by re-casking them for a marrying period after blending. In 2019, Dewar’s Master Blender, Stephanie Macleod, extended this to create her...

Dewar's Double Double 27 Year Old

Dewar's Double Double 27 Year Old

star rating 4.5

Dewar’s “double-age” their whiskies by re-casking them for a marrying period after blending. In 2019, Dewar’s Master Blender, Stephanie Macleod, extended this to create her...

Dewar's Double Double 21 Year Old

Dewar's Double Double 21 Year Old

star rating 5.5

Dewar’s “double-age” their whiskies by re-casking them for a marrying period after blending. In 2019, Dewar’s Master Blender, Stephanie Macleod, extended this to create her...

Chivas Regal Mizunara

Chivas Regal Mizunara

star rating 4.0

Originally released in October 2014 for the Japanese market, part of the blend which comprised this “Special Edition” Chivas Regal Scotch whisky was matured in Mizunara oak...

Articles

Botanical Spirits

Botanical Spirits

All the botanical influences and low cost of entry distillation opportunities which gin offers, but without gin’s restrictive requirement to include

Crème de noyau liqueurs

Crème de noyau liqueurs

Crème de Noyau (also spelt noyaux) are liqueurs made by infusing apricot, peach or cherry kernels (or a combination of these fruit stones) in neutral

Boker’s (Bogart’s) Bitters

Boker’s (Bogart’s) Bitters

A historic brand of bitters originally created by Johann Gottlieb Böker in 1828 and produced until the 1920s. However, the historic notoriety of these

Bitters – Daiquiri & Margarita Bitters

Bitters – Daiquiri & Margarita Bitters

With the cocktail renaissance came bartenders rediscovery of aromatic bitters, their use driven by calls for drips and dashes in dusty old books. Back

×
  • Welcome to
  • Receive updates packed with drinks, bars and cocktails content
  • Please confirm you are over 21 years old and enter your email
  • No thanks, continue to diffordsguide.com
CSS revision bde9fee