Grant's Triple Wood

Very basic blended whisky, not bad but not the best. Very simple and straight forward flavour, some caramel sweetness on the palate with a bit of spice aftertaste. Easy to drink, smooth-ish and light.

Orange, Banana, Popcorn, Peach, Coffee

Seems very middle of the road. Nothing unique to it at all. Go with Cutty Sark for bottom shelf taste or Inver House for bottom shelf quantity

Rating: 7/23 Bottle kill review here. This has been a hard bottle to get through. And that's even with the majority going down the drain. I would only wish this on my worst enemies. Here we go. N: Sulfur for sure, but it isn't overwhelming like in Glen Logie, Piper's Clan, or Clan MacGregor. There's sort of a paper scent along with some faint vanilla and some apricot. A little bit of some mineral, but not in a purely watery way. It's generic and muddled, but aside from the sulphur (a big "but") it doesn't smell that bad. P: Kind of spicy up front with the sulfur sitting underneath. I get cinnamon and pepper with a bit of harshness. The mineral comes in with the apricot, which is disappointingly minimized, and also a bit of apple. There's a decent amount happening here and the majority of the flavors are totally passible, but it's boring and has that sulfur backing. There's some meatiness too, which is also a clear negative, but the sulphur is a bigger problem. F: Sulphur, mineral fruit, a bit of spice and burn. Not a good finish, but at least there's some stuff happening here and it isn't the MOST sulphuric scotch I've tried (see: Piper's Clan or Clan MacGregor). - Conclusion - This isn't an exciting outcome, but I stand by my initial rating of 7. It's in the Pure Scot (the regular, not the Virgin Oak) range, but just a bit better due to its substantially reduced harshness (even though I probably prefer the Pure Scot flavor). This is a bad Scotch that I would turn down if offered if I could do so tactfully. It's not so bad as Southern Comfort, which I carry a glove to slap anyone who offers it to me across the face with. That's why it's a 7, not a 0.

For a $17 whisky, this blended scotch is pretty decent. I think it is easy for Grant's to pull a fair blend since their main malts are Glenfiddich, Glenkinchie and Balvenie. One could agree that the only difference with Monkey Shoulder is that this one has grain whisky in it. Bottled at 40%abv. On the nose, starts with a Grain Whisky, but good notes of lemon, apples and almonds. Creamy. On the palate, starts very watery, with some caramel notes. Woody, lots of vanilla. Aftertaste is spicy. Peppery and salty, some hay notes also present. Overall this is a very easy drinkable whisky, specially if you consider the price. You normally expect that cheap blends are intended for heavy "discotheque" drinking and cocktails, but this one can really be enjoyed neat. My score for it doesn't reveal my true feelings about it, but it really lacks complexity and the grain whisky notes are a little annoying, therefore, it is a 63 over 100 in my sheet.