Balblair 1979

Balblair 1989

Ralfy said that this is the Champagne of single malts. I agree, at least when it comes to movies. For me it is like Hitchcock's movie Champagne. Not his best work, but a nice showing. Kinda like Vintage 1989 by Balblair. This is a 20 year old whisky and a very popular. But I did like the 1997 version a bit better. Don't add water, at least too...

Score 85/100

Balblair 1997

Found this in my local supermarket recently which was quite a surprise given they generally only stock the usual 'entry-level' malts of Glenfiddich, Laphroaig 10 etc. Declared as natural colour and unchillfiltered. Spicy vanilla nose. Some figs and a hint of bananas. Sweet and then sharp - lemon and pineapples. Bizarrely making this almost Chinese...

Score 78/100

Balblair 70.30 Goose Juice 11 Year Old

An 11 year old cask strength Balblair from the SMWS. I've enjoyed the offical bottlings of Balblair very much. This is my first IB. The colour of this is very light. Comparable to say a glass of Chardonnay. Nose Quite solventy on the nose. You really notice the high ABV. There's cereal (cheerios), buttered crumpets, gooseberries, icing sugar and...

Score 81/100

Balblair 1990 2nd Release

Have you seen the film The Angel’s Share? Then you have seen images of this Highland distillery. It is an odd one out as it does not use age statements on the label, but uses vintages. The current range consists of the 1965, 1975, 1978, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002. This Balblair 1990 is a duty free release, so not to be confused...

Score 81/100