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.
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Very disappointed in this whisky someone else using Beckhams name to make money. Just poured the whole bottle down the plug hole and certainly will never buy this again. I would even be ashamed to give it to some alcoholic person on the street. Even looked like water very little colour and taste in my opinion absolutely waste of money and crap.
Started off thinking I’d bought a bottle that was filled straight after the filling line was cleaned with disinfectant, then found the only tastes I could detect was that that resembled smoked mackerel, not a bad tasting note but not in a whisky! The only use for this is to clean a carburettor. If I could give this a zero I would, think I might try and get my money back by citing its contaminated with cleaning fluid.
Very little other than alcohol on the nose, but that's more than there is to be found on the palate! I get absolutely nothing on the palate, the stuff practically turns into water as if by magic (the same magic Beckham used to cause balls to vanish during his penalty shootouts perhaps?). I can't even taste the alcohol that I could smell! In that sense I suppose you could describe it as very smooth and it does have a very good velvety mouthfeel, credit where credit is due, but what good does texture do when there's no flavour? I do get a little bit of sweet, fruity flavour and aftertaste after it goes down; with the alcohol returning at this point as well. However, by this point it's far too little far too late. They do at least earn another point for the packaging and the bottle, it does look stunning. The contents are what we're here to drink though. For this to be priced in the £40-45 region is simply ludicrous. The fact that it even advertises itself being mixed in cocktails shows that not even the people making it believe their product can stand on its own, yet they have the audacity to charge this kind of money? At least its brother the Clubman has the decency to be cheap. If you're after a whisky to mix into cocktails, there are plenty of options available that are under £20. If you want to spend this kind of money on a whisky, then you're better off with literally anything else.
Very poor taste... don’t waste your money
It ma number one tasting whisky
