Balblair reviews

Balblair recently changed from Vintages back to malts with age statements. Today, I will try an older release, from 2007, with a Balblair distilled in 1975, making it a 31 or 32 years old. That explains…

A few years ago Gordon & Macphail introduced the Discovery series in which they bottle affordable malts at drinking strength. This 12 years old Balblair matured on a bourbon cask. My buddy Pat sent me…

An 11 year old cask strength Balblair from the SMWS. I've enjoyed the offical bottlings of Balblair very much. This is my first IB.The colour of this is very light. Comparable to say a glass of Chardo…

It’s hard to resist the exclusive distillery bottlings where you are actually visiting the distillery. Trust me, been there more than my wallet cares to remember. But this one was filled by my Dutch…

Balblair’s claim to fame was the fact that they did not use age statements but vintages on their bottles. But the range was revamped in March 2019 and now it boasts ages on the labels once more. There…

Sample 5/6 from @Wierdo marks my first taste of any Balblair. It seems that this distillery gets pretty good reviews and is a malt that many 'malt-heads' rate as one of their favourites. Located on the…

Bottle has been open about 6 weeks. Is 2/3 full and diminishing fast! This likes a little water imo. Not too much. 1/2 a teaspoon in a 50ml pour.NoseSome sherry notes. Dried fruits, Orange flavoured…

I wanted to give this one a go, but I didn't want to buy a whole bottle of the stuff. So, luckily, I somehow bumped into a miniature and having no idea what to expect from the whisky, this is what I…

Oh, no, not again? This is the so-called First Release, bottled in 2013, but in 2014 there was another bottling by Balblair named 1983 First Release. It is driving me crazy. Well, let us forget the…

There have already been two releases of the vintage 1999. They were both composed of the same type of casks (bourbon and sherry), but the first release was for Travel Retail in 1 liter bottles. Strangely…