Blair Athol 1965 24 Year Old Kingsbury Independent Bottling

Blair Athol 11 Year Old 2009 Old Particular for Belgium

This Blair Athol was bottled in August 2020 by Douglas Laing for a collective of Belgian whisky shops: Dram242, Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis, De Straffe Hoek, Wine4You and Prima Vinum. Despite the fact that it was allowed to sleep on a sherry butt for 11 years, it can still boast an ABV of 62.1%. I’ve been forwarned. Ha! This is nice. Very fresh nose that...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 12 Year Old

From a 3cl sample bottle. Blair Athol is fairly unknown as a single malt as aside from this flora and fauna bottling most of the distillery output goes into Bell's blends. That's not really a glowing endorsement in my book and from my personal experience of Bell's, but actually I really enjoyed this. Nose - Coffee first up, tiramisu, rich toffee,...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 12 Year Old

First hit on the nose is vanilla - very strong. Underlying that is dried fruit - raisins, sultanas, figs. The fruit and vanilla combines like Christmas cake. A nice cinammon spiciness is evident too. Gentle and mellow. Quite a rich full-bodied mouthfeel too - more so than I'd expect from a 12yo. Again fruit dessert flavours dominate with the...

Score 79/100

Blair Athol 21 Year Old 1995 Valinch & Mallet

Blair Athol – one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries, founded in 1798 – is run by Diageo since 1998. The lion’s share of production goes into the Bell’s blend so official releases are few and far between. Luckily, it can often be found with independent bottlers. This is one from the fairly new Italian bottler Valinch & Mallet. The nose is sweet...

Score 86/100