My brother is a scotch fan, but I have no idea about the stuff. Awhile back I asked a friend who owed me a favor if he would send me a nice bottle of scotch that I could then give to my brother as a gift.
He sent the bottle and gave me some information on it, but I have since forgotten most of what he had told me about this product. I’d like to be able to give my brother the run-down on this stuff, but I’m having problems knowing if the info. I’m finding online is for this particular vintage.
Anyway, here’s the info:
Glenrothes Single Speyside
Distilled in 1989
Bottled in 2003
It’s a short, stubby sort of bottle with a white label with some “handwritten” notes on the front.
Good stuff. I have a bottle of it myself on hand and consider it one of my favorites.
Again, what do you really need to know about it? A minute or two on google should tell you anything you want to know.
The ‘handwriting’ is the date (dd/mm/yy, or European format) that it was distilled, and the date it was bottled. Most scotches do not bother with this information, because it’s blended from several casks that may have been distilled at different times. Thus, “Vintage” is pretty meaningless in context.
I rarely hear Scotch drinkers worry about what year or in what batch (if ‘single cask’) a particular bottle was distilled/bottled unless they find a particularly tasty batch that they want more of, which is in itself pretty unusual.
When I searched online I wasn’t sure if I was finding the right information or not. Is this bottle part of their normal releases? I thought my friend had told me that this particular bottle was something a bit more rare/unusual than their normal products.
As I said I have zero experience when it comes to Scotch, so you’ll have to excuse my ignorance.
It seems that most of you have a good opinion of it, so that’s helpful.
Did you go to my link and click on product/profiles?
GlenRothes malts seem to be aged in unsherried oak making their appearance lighter than other malts. That’s not necessarily a bad thing just a production choice by the distiller. If your brother likes malts like Highland Park or The Macallan, then he might miss that sweetness. Still, it looks like a nice dram and he’ll likely love to try it especially if he’s never run across it before.
