Bladnoch 19 Year Old

Bladnoch 10 Year Old

As dark clouds gather above the Bladnoch distillery, just three years from its second centennial, how about a review of the 10yo by Raymond Armstrong? Nose: a briny nose, with farmy notes like hay, malt and yeast in the background. A second layer improves the nose with hints of iodine, peat, a few fruity tones of figs and citrus accompanied by a...

Score 84/100

Bladnoch 17 Year Old "Spirit of the Lowlands"

On the label there is Cows on the grass. N:Clean, sweet and spring flowers. P:Initially spicy and than sweet, medium body. F:Persistent, sweet and than freshness. You can finally find hint of bitter. COMMENT:Delicate whisky, antithesis of peated malts.

Score 83/100

Bladnoch 22 Year Old 1977 Old Malt Cask

This Bladnoch has spent almost as long in the bottle than it has on the cask. It’s an older release in the Old Malt Cask series when the label was still part of Douglas Laing’s portfolio. This Lowlander, bottled at 50%, was distilled in the year that Star Wars hit the silver screen. Just sayin… Fan-tas-tic nose on white and yellow fruit, but with...

Score 88/100

Bladnoch 20 Year Old 1992 Malts of Scotland

Bladnoch is a distillery that has not appeared often on my blog. I have only tried three so far, including the fantastic Bladnoch 21 Year Old 1991 for The Bonding Dram, that I helped select. It is the first time for me, however, to try a Bladnoch that matured on a sherry cask. Well, after the first whiff, I do not exaclty think of Lowland. This is...

Score 85/100