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Last Updated on January 2, 2026

Glen Moray Classic Port Cask Finish Single Malt:

After the festivities of the Christmas season have died down and before Valentine’s Day looms, many of us with a Scottish heritage (and plenty without) celebrate Burns Night.  It’s a unique event – I can’t think of another celebration for a National Poet – and certainly not one which involves addressing a haggis!  It’s also an event at which whisky plays a central role.  For 2018,  I have a rather wonderful recipe to share for a whisky cocktail made with this very special single malt.

Glen Moray Port Cask Whisky

 

The Glen Moray Classic Port Cask Finish is a single malt, matured in the finest American Oak barrels and finished for eight months in Port pipes sourced from Gran Cruz in the Douro Valley in Portugal. The resulting whisky combines the best of the Glen Moray Classic Single Malt with the spicy, plum, wine-like elements from the port pipes.

Master Distiller, Graham Coull, says: “The rich wine flavours have combined with the vanilla oak notes to produce a whisky which is well balanced and full of character, with a lingering finish of honey sweetness combined with spices and subtle hints of dark chocolate and leather.”

He adds: “I am very proud of The Glen Moray Classic Port Cask Finish. Here is a whisky which allows Glen Moray’s classic spirit to shine through. By choosing the right port pipes for maturation, I am able to allow the rich port wine flavours to play their part”.

If like me, you find single malts just a little hard to drink neat, Neil Ridley and Joel Harrison from World’s Best Spirits have created a delicious Burns Night whisky cocktail which I’ll definitely be using to raise a glass to the Haggis!

4.8 from 34 votes
Burns Night Whisky Cocktail
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The Glen Moray Old Fashioned Port Cask Finish Cocktail
Prep Time
5 mins
 

A Single Malt Whisky Cocktail for Burns Night

Course: Drinks
Servings: 1
Ingredients
  • 15 ml Earl Grey Syrup
  • 3 Dashes Orange Bitters
  • 60 ml Glen Moray Classic Port Cask Finish Whisky
Instructions

  1. In a mixing glass add 15ml Earl Grey syrup (a mixture of 2:1 brown sugar and strong Earl Grey tea brewed and chilled down then re-heated together) 3 dashes of Orange Bitters and a small amount of the Whisky.

  2. Stir together.
  3. Add several large cubes of ice and pour over the remainder of the whisky.
  4. Keep stirring for a minute until the drink has diluted.
  5. Garnish with a thin piece of expressed lemon zest.

The Glen Moray Distillery has been producing fine Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Elgin, the capital of Speyside, Scotland’s most famous whisky region, since 1897. Glen Moray Classic is crafted using a high percentage of first fill ex-bourbon barrels and Graham selects casks of varying ages to ensure the quality and consistency of the whisky.

RRP: from £25 for 70cl. ABV: 40%

Available from: masterofmalt.com, thewhiskyexchange.com, Amazon, Majestic, Spirited Wines and specialist whisky retailers.

Or, for more information, check the Glen Moray website

Fiona Maclean

About Fiona Maclean

An award winning London based freelance writer, Fiona's career started in arts administration, before working for a leading London restaurant group under restauranteur Laurence Isaacson on restaurant brands including The Ivy and Wheelers. With a music degree and an MBA, Fiona's passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel and she has now reviewed over 400 restaurants for London-Unattached and written countless classical music and opera features. She is the Founder and Editor of London-Unattached and has written about food, wine and travel for other print and online publications including Metro, &London and Zing Magazine.

Contact Fiona@London-Unattached.Com

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  31. CAROL PATRICK says

    It’s unique taste is thanks to it being matured in the finest American Oak barrels & finished for eight months in Port pipes sourced from Gran Cruz in the Douro Valley in Portugal.. This process results in the best Glen Moray Classic Single Malt with the spicy, plum, wine-like elements from the port pipes.

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  274. Nikki Hayes says

    This light and fruity expression is finished for eight months in Port pipes from Porto Cruz, the N°1 Porto company in the world. The spirit picks up intense embellishments of summer fruit, dark chocolate and cinnamon and a distinct pink hue.

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  334. Roy Paterson says

    The Glen Moray Classic Port Cask Finish is finished for eight months in Port pipes from Porto Cruz.

    (As a former serving member at RNAS Lossiemouth until 1972 (before it was handed over to the RAF) I often wondered if the bars in Elgin still run the Friday night “win a gallon bottle of whisky raffles “)

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  353. Elizabeth says

    This light and fruity expression is finished for eight months in Port pipes from Porto Cruz, the N°1 Porto company in the world. The spirit picks up intense embellishments of summer fruit, dark chocolate and cinnamon and a distinct pink hue.

    Reply

  367. William Gould says

    I’ve had a port cask finished single malt before, but can;t remember what it was. I remember the slight pink hue to it, and the fact it had a fruity small and a sweet aftertaste, just like the tasting notes say!

    Reply

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