{"id":47,"date":"2020-02-16T21:23:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/?p=47"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:18:55","slug":"the-famous-grouse-smoky-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/the-famous-grouse-smoky-black\/","title":{"rendered":"The Famous Grouse Smoky Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/thefamousgrousesmokyblack-scaled.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>Key Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Whiskey Name:<\/strong> The Famous Grouse Smoky Black<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distillery:<\/strong> N\/A &#8211; Edrington Group<\/li>\n<li><strong>ABV:<\/strong> 40% \/ 80 proof<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> NAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Blended Peated Scotch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/thefamousgrouse.com\/<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2u7qJnw\">\u00a315 on Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Famous Grouse Smoky Black was renamed from &#8216;Black Grouse&#8217; at the end of 2015. This blend is based on peated Islay malts, and boasts being the only blend in the world to use a rare peated whisky from Glenturret, Scotland&#8217;s oldest working distillery. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a budget blend so it has a lot of competition in that area. At \u00a315 for a full bottle, I don&#8217;t know how you couldn&#8217;t give it a try! <\/p>\n<h2>Nose (20\/33)<\/h2>\n<p>Surprisingly, a very interesting nose. I get a lot of deep orange notes, almost like poached oranges. I get a little hint of cinnamon spice and then a bit of oakiness. Don&#8217;t find much smoke but if you take a drop in your hands and rub it together all it leaves is the strong peaty smell you would expect from the name.<\/p>\n<h2>Taste (20\/34)<\/h2>\n<p>Very light tasting, at 40% you wouldn&#8217;t expect anything else really. There&#8217;s a strong taste of the grain here which could throw some newer whisky drinkers off, but it&#8217;s quite an easy drinker.<\/p>\n<h2>Finish (20\/33)<\/h2>\n<p>Finish is medium to long, and where the smokiness shows its head. For drinkers used to smoke they won&#8217;t feel much, but anyone new to smokiness it should give a decent indication whether you like smoke or not. It leaves a lingering char taste on your tongue.<\/p>\n<h2>Score<\/h2>\n<p>60\/100<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it&#8217;s a decent whisky. I&#8217;m taking into consideration the fact it&#8217;s such an inexpensive whisky, it&#8217;s accessible to any drinker and it&#8217;ll definitely be something a bit different to explore in that range.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thewhiskeycompanion\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thewhsikeycompanion\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carl_TWC\">Twitter<\/a> if you&#8217;ve tried it and agree or disagree and share your notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A budget blend built on peated Islay malts and a rare Glenturret, Smoky Black costs \u00a315, so there is little reason not to try it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[39,14,38,37,27],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-blended-scotch","tag-budget","tag-malty","tag-peated","tag-scotch-whisky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}