Grand Old Parr 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

Grand Old Parr 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky is Diageo's eighteen-year blend built around Cragganmore malt and bottled at 80 proof, with a light peat thread that frames fruit and oak instead of covering them. Greenlees Brothers launched Old Parr in 1909 in the crackled oval bottle; this 18 became a standing U.S. bottle in 2022 after a long life as a Latin American favorite. Eighteen years in cask is why the honey and dried fruit taste settled and round. Pour it when friends are staying for another round.

Dried fruit, honey, and toasted oak lead, with roasted cashews, vanilla, and a little leather on a slightly oily sip. Golden syrup and honeycomb sit in the middle, then woodland pepper and a wisp of peat on a medium close. It drinks easy at 80 without going thin.