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Glen Moray 2014 Tequila Cask Finish Review

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Glen Moray 2014 Tequila Cask Finish Review

Name: Glen Moray Tequila Cask Finish: Warehouse 1 Review
Item: Glen Moray 2014 Tequila Cask Finish Review
Rating: 7
Author: Beth Whymark

In Glen Moray's first unpeated single malt whisky to be finished in Tequila casks, the character of the two spirits combines in a burst of herbaceous, malt and fruit flavours.

by Beth Whymark
November 5, 2025

Beth, a whisky enthusiast, became Whisky Magazine’s editor (2022-2024) and now works in content marketing for scotch whisky brands.

Tasting Notes:

About:

This single malt is one of two Tequila cask-finished expressions released in Glen Moray’s experimental Warehouse 1 collection. It’s the first time the Speyside distillery has used agave spirit casks for secondary maturation. The whisky was distilled in 2014 and aged in bourbon barrels for eight years before a finishing period in Tequila casks.

Appearance:

Honey

Nose:

Chocolate-chip banana bread. Apples stewed with cinnamon. Dried apricots, lemon peel, and milky oatmeal with brown sugar. There are some gentle herbaceous notes too, along with a hint of straw.

Palate:

The apples and cinnamon are now in a wholewheat sponge cake crusted with demerara sugar. Dried fruits (dates, figs) alongside some soft red fruit (strawberry). That gentle grassy-straw note continues underneath.

Finish:

Toffee apple, ripe strawberry and weak green tea.

Comments:

The Tequila cask offers a gentle lift to this single malt’s fruit-forward profile. I think it drinks best at its bottling strength; adding water softened its edges, but also those herbaceous nuances.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Beth Whymark

Following six years in regional journalism, Beth entered the world of spirits in 2020 after joining Paragraph Publishing, the company behind Whisky Magazine and the World Whiskies Awards. She was editor of Whisky Magazine from September 2022 to July 2024 and served as one of the publication's tasters. Her current role is in content marketing, working day-to-day with a number of Scotch whisky brands, and she is still reading and writing about and tasting whiskeys from around the world in her spare time.

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