Balblair 18 Year
$189.99
This bottle was featured in mini form on Day 20 of our 2020 KWM Whisky Calendar.
50ml Mini bottles can be found here.
Part of the new core range from Balblair Distillery, which focuses on age statement rather than vintages. Bottled at 46% after maturing in ex-Bourbon and finishing in First Fill ex-Sherry Seasoned Spanish Oak Butts. Bottled at 46%, unchillfiltred with no colouring added.
Evan’s Tasting Note
Nose: Apple turnover, honey glazed donuts, pears, Mounds bars, fresh coffee beans, and Ovaltine.
Palate: Cinnamon cake doughnuts, raisin and nut shortbread cookies, apples and pears, more honey, lemon-ginger tea, and Werther’s Originals.
Finish: A touch of spice plus soft apples, honey and toffee and a touch of shortbread.
Comment: This is a very well put together 18 Year Single Malt Scotch. Many will miss the vintage releases of Balblair, but having a bottle like this to come back to time and time again might just be worth the tradeoff.
Producer Tasting Note
Aroma: Rich toffee and baked pears shine bright against an elegant backdrop of new leather.
Palate: A masterful balance of juicy apricots, seasoned oak and vanilla custard.
Finish: Long and warming with chords of fresh spices and raisins.
Balblair 18 Year Old 50ml MINI
$20.99
This bottle was featured in mini form on Day 20 of our 2020 KWM Whisky Calendar.
Full-sized bottles can be found here.
Part of the new core range from Balblair Distillery, which focuses on age statements rather than vintages. Bottled at 46% after maturing in ex-Bourbon and finishing in First Fill ex-Sherry Seasoned Spanish Oak Butts. Bottled at 46%, unchill filtered with no colouring added.
Equinox & Solstice Balblair 15 Year
$229.99
This 2008 vintage Balblair is the marriage of two first fill ex-Bourbon Barrels!
Producer Description
"This year’s Summer Edition of Equinox & Solstice is a small batch mix of two 2008 1st fill barrels of Balblair. They’ve been bottled at 15 years of age and this series’ trademark strength of 48.5%. The result is an extremely easy and luscious summer dram that showcases an abundance of Balblair’s natural green fruitiness and lusciousness, along with a nicely rich and creamy vibe from the 1st fill barrels. A gorgeous dram that balances simplicity, directness, freshness and maturity – perfect for summer as an easy sipper or in a highball with ice and soda! This year’s series features a set of wonderful original artworks by Skye-based artist Ellis O’Connor. For the Summer edition her inspiration was taken from some of the colours associated with long and luminous Scottish summer nights."
G&M Connoisseur's Choice Balblair 1997
$439.99
25 Year Old Balblair! Distilled in 1997, this single cask Balblair was matured and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail after maturing in a refill ex-Bourbon Barrel. Bottled at 55.4%.
Balblair 12 Year
$97.99
Part of the new Balblair range, which is moving away from the vintage concept and towards age statements. Bottled at 46%, the whisky was matured in American oak ex-bourbon & "double-fired American oak casks".
Balblair 15 Year
$131.99
Part of the new Balblair core range, which has dropped the vintage concept in favour of age statements. Bottled at 46% after maturing in ex-Bourbon and 1st fill Spanish Sherry Butts.
Producer Description: "Tropical and mature, with the texture of melted chocolate and one of the finest finishes a single malt can bring, this stunning whisky calls for quiet admiration. Round and velvety, yet developed and fresh. Smoothed over by time, but with a beating heart."
Balblair 25 Year
$724.99
At the high end of Balblair's lineup lies this 25-year-old. It spent the first part of its life maturing away in ex-Bourbon casks before a lenghtly secondary maturation in Oloroso Sherry seasoned Spanish Oak. Bottled at 46%.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 70.53
$161.59
FRAGILE FRUITS AND FLOATY FLOWERS
This 14 year old Highlander was matured in a 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 57.3%.
Flavour profile: Light and delicate
Distilled on: 31 January 2008
Outturn: 157 bottles