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.
Bloody awful.
Tried for the first time recently. Very pleasantly surprised. Ignore all the would be malt masters who just want to sound clever, this is a very easy drink with a long and spicy linger. If you like ginger you will enjoy this. Forget Beckham, forget it's a single grain, forget the poser bottle and just enjoy a lovely light late night whisky.
Blended water with notes of perfume and gasoline... the well designed bottle is unfortunately all you pay for.
Stick with football Dave , because your clearly clueless in regards to how a good whisky should taste . Made for posers.
Had this bought for me as a birthday present . I wanted to try this for a while but never got around to buying myself it . Regrettably the money could of been spent elsewhere . The initial smell was promising , but both neat and over ice is a very watery , boring ethanol rich taste . Even drinking neat is disappointing and offers no enjoyable surprises . I'm really surprised at just how watery and bland this is and for around £35 ? Of course this does not break the bank but your better off buying a Jonny walker black , glenfidich 18 or even a jamersons . This is definitely for the kind of 18 year old guy that wants to look big infront of his friends as appose to the whiskey enthusiasts.
