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.
This is awful whisky.
All this is is a bottle of Aqua Velva, rebranded. some of the worst scotch i've tasted.
tastes like a watered down mid range brandy. There's "delicately flavoured" and then there's just "flimsy". What little flavour you get from this, it dissipates in seconds. Seemingly a cynical attempt to commercialise whiskey to the kids of today's social media. Well they can have it....with coke, I'd suggest.
Bought a bottle of this as a whim from Waitrose, they had it on offer, reduced from £45 to 19.95. I wish I hadn't bothered. I agree about the aroma, very chemical like, the taste is very bland but smooth. A waste of £20.
got a bottle of this "dirt checp" as the top seal got damaged whilst taking off a security cap. Thought the aroma to be very "chemical like", it's a smooth whisky and IMO it's very thin on taste. I only had to pay 13GBP due to the seal being damaged. I wouldn't bother with this again. Like most of Beckhams football...boring
