The much anticipated David Beckham endorsed single grain whisky, produced at Cameronbridge distillery. A combination of first-fill, rejuvenated and refill bourbon barrel-matured whiskies are used and Beckham, along with Simon Fuller, is very much involved in the development of the Haig Club brand.
The Haig dynasty meanwhile is the stuff of legend, with Robert Haig getting himself into trouble for distilling on the sabbath back in 1655! Cameronbridge was founded by John Haig in 1824, and a continuous still designed by Robert Stein (who was John's uncle) was soon installed at the site for the production of grain whisky, predating Aeneas Coffey's famous patent for his own version of the continuous still by a handful of years.
The grain whisky produced at Cameronbridge would naturally become integral to the well-loved Haig blended whiskies and now the Haig brand has been reinvented for a new generation and new markets. It may seem like a scary new world to some, but grain whisky is on the march, and Haig Club is at the very forefront.
It doesn't jump out at you, granted, but there's more here than meets the eye (/nose). Apple crumble, expressed lemon peel and a touch of mango. Millionaire's shortbread, banoffee pie, coconut milk, dried grass, orange Turkish delight and cardamom.
Toffee and vanilla with pleasant supporting oak notes. Fresh banana (neither overpowering nor artificial), a hint of nougat and honeycomb pieces.
Praline, cinnamon and a little ginger with perhaps a hint of cardamom returning right at the death.
Approachable, adaptable, good mouthfeel (I chucked some ice in afterwards and the texture was great). A hugely accessible whisky with tasty spice, toffee and, with the ice now, increasingly some tropical fruit notes too.
Very poor.
In a cocktail this works fairly well but on its own its just a weak young whisky with hardly any flavour. If this was £20 a bottle then ok but at £40-45 its a huge rip off , defiantly one to avoid unless you plan on using it for cocktails and even then there are much better and cheaper whisky's for that
This is wayyyy overpriced. I'd put this in the 20-25 dollar mark. ANY J Walker has more flavor. Its probably too approachable for someone wanting to enter the world of whiskey. The bottle is a work of art. The stuff inside leaves a LOT to be desired. I'd drink this if i had nothing else, but falls in a DISTANT second to any real whiskey.
May be it's not as rich as some other whiskies but it has a different taste and feel about it, especially with ice. I would drink it again.
It's not as bad as people make out, some people just love to moan.... That being said it's not the best and maybe overpriced but certainly drinkable, it has some nice flavours, don't always go by the reviews as some people jump on the "I know all about whiskey band wagon" when really they are just following like sheep!
