Whisky Focus - The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold

The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold, a smooth rich sherry influenced expression of the Famous dram.

The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold is the latest offering from The Famous Grouse which has now been Scotland's favourite blended whisky for the past 30 years.

The Famous Grouse tell me that Mellow Gold has been blended for smoothness and was carefully crafted by their Master Blender Gordon Motion. Matured in sherry and bourbon casks to deliver a smooth, well rounded whisky. Mellow Gold’s recipe has a higher proportion of sherry casks than you would find in the standard The Famous Grouse which delivers a subtly sweeter, mellow flavour.

Gordon Motion, Master Blender described his new premium blend:

"In Mellow Gold we’ve carefully selected a particular combination of casks to create a rich and smooth whisky. As with all Famous Grouse expressions, we’ve used sherry and bourbon-seasoned casks – but for Mellow Gold we’ve used more first fill casks imparting a richer, sweeter flavour.

"The effect is added complexity with vanilla notes and subtly-sweet spice to create a gentle, velvety dram. Mellow Gold is a delicious achievement – and a subtle, smooth indulgence to be savoured."

The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold is a great example of the nuances of the master blender’s art to create a fantastic, versatile liquid that tastes great neat or as many blended whisky drinkers prefer served long, over ice with lemonade and a wedge of orange.

The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold is bottled at 40% ABV and is presented in The Famous Grouse’s new look packaging, which is being rolled out from this month.

I have also heard that there are plans for other changes to the Famous Grouse range which will be unveiled later this year, they look to be making some modifications to the deliciously peaty Black Grouse bottling, hopefully they plan to increase the peat level in it, whatever they do I hope it is still as good as it is now, time will tell, watch this space.

The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold will be available in supermarkets and independent retailers across the UK from October 2015 priced at £22.
 

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