If The Glen Grant 15 is your pour, the question that follows you down the whisky aisle is a simple one: what else gets you most of the way there, and for how much less? Here is the short answer. Deanston 12 gives a The Glen Grant 15 drinker about 94% of what their own bottle does, for 65% of its price.
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