Balblair reviews

My buddy Marcel Kip from the Netherlands visited the Balblair distillery some time ago and he asked me if he could do me a favor with an exclusive hand-bottled malt. Of course I immediately agreed and…

This official release of Balblair matured for a quarter of a century. It is the so-called 2nd Release of the vintage 1990 that appeared in 2016. It has been cut to 46% (which I secretly find a bit of a…

Whisky Warehouse is the Belgian importer and representative of Gordon & Macphail and regularly a bottling is launched especially for them. This is one of those: a Blair Athol in the Connoisseurs Choice…

This Balblair was one of the discoveries during the Christmas Tasting last year, lead by Michiel Wigman and Jeroen Koetsier. I loved it and left a bit of my sample to retry in the tranquility of my study…

Day 19 was a Bowmore 12 so I skipped that one as I've reviewed it before (and being one of Pam's favourites, I'm extremely familiar with that dram - I do really like it!) But today, we have another…

Today’s entry is a mini of Balblair 1997 (bottled 2013), in the old bottling style with the embossed vine on the glass.The colour is a light gold. On the nose the dominant note is lemon meringue pie with…

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…