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Blair Athol started its career in 1798 as the Aldour Distillery, named after the Allt Dour Burn, which means ‘old burn of the otter’. This burn still provides the distillery with production water. Since…

Blair Athol is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, founded in Pitlochry in 1798 by John Stewart and Robert Robertson, then under the name Aldour Distillery. In 1825 she was rechristened to Blair…

The Benrinnes distillery, founded in 1829, was sold to Dewar’s and Sons in 1923. This company became part of DCL, precursor to today’s Diageo, in 1925. The Single Malts of Scotland is a label from Elixir…

In 1896 Benrinnes was ravaged by a great fire and the owners needed some serious reconstruction to get it up and running again. In 1956 it was renovated anew and in 1964 the malt floor was replaced by…

The distillery, founded in 1826, takes her name from the Ben Rinnes, a mountain of 840 meters height. But in the Great Speyside Floods of 1829 it was washed away, so had to be rebuilt completely. The…

I realized I never posted a review of this whisky despite the fact that next to JW Black it's probably the whisky I've had the most of as it was my brother's house whisky for many years. This is aged for…

I had not tried this one in a couple of years, I think everyone is familiar with the Distiller's Edition so no need for extra blab.Nose: Mossy peat, lanolin, Vick's vaporub, coal fire and menthol. The…

Firstly- Baby bourbon is a pretty clever twist on the way this bourbon is produced. 3-4 months spent in a tiny American oak cask of just 2 gallons! Considering its made with 100% New York corn its no…

North Star Spirits is an independent bottler founded by Iain Croucher, he used to work for A. D. Rattray beforehand but in 2016 was offered the opportunity to buy a parcel of whisky he could not pass up…

I have been interested by Westland for a long time, the work ethic of their head distiller is quite interesting, he comes from a brewing background and seems to be a bit of nerd when it comes to the…