Glen Grant 8 Year Old - Gordon Graham - Circa 1930

INFORMATION

Glen Grant 8 Year Old. Bottled by Gordon Graham & Co. Ltd. Bottled 1920s, early 1930s. No strength stated although equal to 75cl. 70 Proof. Branded foil seal with stopper cork. Two-piece moulded glass.

A wonderful old bottle of Glen Grant 8-year-old bottled under licence by independent blenders and bottlers Gordon Graham & Co, who were of course more famous for their Black Bottle blended whisky. We estimate that this bottle dates from around the 1920s or 1930s.

This beautiful old Glen Grant is in very good condition for its age and sports the famous label depicting J. & J. Grant, familiar from the many subsequent Gordon & MacPhail bottlings. The base of the bottle has the bottling code A.G.W., most likely the Alloa Glass Work company. This is the first old Glen Grant bottled by Gordon Graham & Co. that we’ve come across, and we’re delighted to have the honour of bringing this exceptionally rare treasure to auction.

DISTILLERY:Glen Grant

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:70 Proof

Bottle SIZE:NA

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::Circa 1930

AGE:8

Founded in 1840, Glen Grant is one of Speyside’s largest and greatest distilleries. The distillery became part of Seagram’s Chivas Brothers group in the 1970s, and was subsequently acquired in 2001 by Pernod Ricard, who sold Glen Grant to Campari in 2006. 

Glen Grant’s association with Italy goes back much further, however. Gordon & MacPhail were already licensed bottlers of Glen Grant in the 1960s when the two companies began a highly beneficial relationship with Italian hotelier and importer Armando Giovinetti which led directly to Glen Grant’s ongoing dominance of the Italian single malt market.

Glen Grant’s spirit is particularly well-suited to very long ageing in both bourbon and sherry casks, making it the perfect fit for Gordon & MacPhail who released a 72-year-old Glen Grant in 2020 and whose semi-official licensed bottlings of Glen Grant are legendary. Indie Glen Grants are abundant and are generally excellent value.