Blair Athol 1990 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask #7561 Douglas Laing

Blair Athol 26 Year Old 1986 'Autumn Berries' Wemyss

This is only the 10th Blair Athol that I try. It has a nice age with its 26 years on a bourbon cask, distilled in the year in which I purchased my first moped. It was bottled by Wemyss and got the name Autumn Berries. Wow, this is a fresh spring nose. Forget autumn. It is very light and approachable with lemongrass, hay, icing sugar, sweet malt...

Score 83/100

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

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 18 Year Old 2000 Mobsters on Mopeds

After the success of the 8-part series Lads of Lobland, the Belgian Bring Your Own Bottle Club – ‘biopsy’ for short – started a new series under the banner ‘Mobsters on Mopeds’. I just love that label, but I am of course more interested in the contents. This is a Blair Athol that, after a maturation of 18 years, was bottled at cask strength. Just...

Score 86/100