Balblair 10 yo (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, late 1980’s) – 84/100
Balblair
Balblair 12 yo (46%, OB 2018)
Balblair 15 yo (46%, OB 2018)
Balblair 18 yo (46%, OB 2018)
Balblair 12 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Discovery’ 2018)
Miltonduff 10 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Discovery’ 2018)
Caol Ila 13 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Discovery’ 2018)
Balblair 1973 (40%, G&M Centenary Reserve 1995)
Balblair 1983 (46%, OB 2013, 1st release) – 89/100
Balblair 30 yo 1986 (49,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Cask Strength’ for The Whisky Exchange 2017, refill sherry hogshead #12649, 48 btl.) – 90/100
Balblair 1990 (46%, OB 2014, 2nd release) – 87/100
Balblair 1990 (55,1%, OB 2012, Islay cask #1463, +/- 150 btl.) – 90/100
Balblair 2005 (46%, OB 2017, 1st release)
Balblair 2000 (46%, OB 2017, 2nd release)
Balblair 1991 (46%, OB 2018, 3rd release)
Balblair 1999 (46%, OB 2016, 1st release) – 83/100
Balblair 2000 (43%, OB 2010) – 81/100
Balblair 2000 (53%, OB 2014, second fill barrel #1350)
Balblair 2000 (52,4%, OB 2014, second fill peated cask #0191)
Balblair 2000 (53,1%, OB 2014, first-fill European oak Oloroso butt #1345)
Balblair 2002 (46%, OB 2013) – 80/100
Balblair 2003 (46%, OB 2013, first release) – 78/100
Balblair 2005 (46%, OB 2015, 1st release) – 80/100
Balblair 2005 (48,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, cask #213, 180 btl.)
Balblair 21 yo (46%, OB 2023)
Balblair distillery visit – 10/05/2012
Balblair 2001 (46%, OB 2011, 1st release)
Balblair 1989 (46%, OB 2012, 3rd release)
Balblair 1978 (46%, OB 2008)
Balblair 1997 (54,1%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ for Kirsch Import 2023, refill bourbon barrel #1884, 153 btl.)
Strathmill 2008 (56,9%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ for Kirsch Import 2023, refill bourbon barrel #804815, 141 btl.)
Tullibardine 2008 (58,2%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ for Kirsch Import 2023, refill bourbon barrel #21603506, 263 btl.)
Ledaig 2001 (57,7%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ for Kirsch Import 2023, refill sherry butt #279, 465 btl.)
Compass Box Enlightenment (46%, Compass Box 2016, 5922 btl.) – 86/100
Balblair 17 yo 2008 (56,5%, Decadent Drinks ‘Decadent Drams’ 2025, first-fill bourbon barrel, 172 btl.)
Pulteney 23 yo 2002 (57,2%, Decadent Drinks ‘Decadent Drams’ 2025, refill barrel, 176 btl.)
Glen Scotia 8 yo 2014 + 2016 (57,1%, Decadent Drinks ‘Decadent Drams’ for Campbeltown Malt Festival 2025, first-fill peated + first-fill unpeated, 430 btl.)
Caol Ila 15 yo 2009 + 2010 (57,1%, Decadent Drinks ‘Decadent Drams’ 2025, refill + first-fill sherry hogsheads, 252 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 10 yo 2015 (55%, Decadent Drinks ‘Decadent Drams’ 2025, first-fill sherry hogshead, 327 btl.)
Ben Nevis 10 yo 2012 ‘Equinox & Solstice’ (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Spring 2023, refill hogshead)
Ben Nevis 7 yo 2014 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Autumn 2022, second sherry butt)
Balblair 15 yo 2008 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Summer 2023, first fill bourbon barrels)
Edradour 10 yo 2003 + 2010 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Spring 2021, first fill bourbon barrels, 491 btl.)
Mortlach 10 yo 2012 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Winter 2022, refill hogsheads + first fill sherry butt finish)
Whisky news: a new Balblair core range, Compass Box Affinity and Glenfiddich 23 Years ‘Grand Cru’
New Glenlivet Triple Cask series and Balblair 17 Year Old
Whisky news: Redbreast 10 Years, Famille Cabanne cognac Lot 68, new Port Askaig whisky, Balblair 21 Year Old, Laphroaig The Wall Collection
New whisky (and cognac) releases this week from The Whisky Jury, The Whisky Exchange and Tobermory.
Trip to Scotland, visiting Pulteney, Balblair, Speyburn and Knockdhu (home of anCnoc)