Product description
J.&G. Stewart was founded in the 1770s in Edinburgh and initially engaged in the import and export of foodstuffs.
More than half a century later, it joined the whisky producers with its own blend, which gained considerable popularity in pre-Prohibition America. One of Stewart's great admirers was the financier J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan, whose New York cellar was said to contain an endless supply of it. The DCL concern took over J.&G. Stewart in 1917, and with it a supply of over 8,000 barrels of whisky, a huge amount at the time. Since 1986, the brand has been owned by Whyte & Mackay, which does not disclose its current formula.
Nose: cereal, slightly spirituous, breakfast cereals, milk fudge, brown sugar, vanilla, orange peel and oak chips.
Palate: roasted cereal grains, candy, vanilla, sugar cookies, cooked apples, black pepper and a light bitterness of oak.
Finish: quite short, with a strong grain note, some sugar, vanilla, pepper, oak and a bit of fruity sweetness.