Ballechin 6th Release Bourbon Cask Matured

Ballechin Port Cask Matured

The third release of Ballechin, from 2008, is a 5 Year Old whisky. Ballechin is Edradour peated up to 50 ppm, matured on a whole plethora of cask types. Deze batch matured on port casks. Boy, what a delicious nose! The peat translates into a slightly medicinal touch (think iodine), that is content with a supporting role. The leading role is...

Score 88/100

Ballechin Port Cask Matured

This is my first review, so please excuse any short fallings! I do not have a good sense of smell, so I only tend to pick up the bolder notes in whiskies... because I do not mention deep complexities, please do not assume they are not there! Nose: Sweet, floral, freshly mown grass. Whilst the peat is there, it is not nearly as over powering as you...

Score 93/100

Ballechin 13 Year Old 2005 CaskAid

CaskAid is an npo that selects single casks, bottles them and donates the proceeds to a charity. Drinking whisky for a good cause? What’s not to like? This is already their 23rd release. It’s a Ballechin – peated Edradour (50ppm) – from 2005 that matured on a former Burgundy cask. It’s my 13th Ballechin so far. I’m not a superstitious man, but…...

Score 84/100

Ballechin Madeira Matured

Ballechin is the name of a former distillery (1810-1927) that could be found about 4 miles south of where Edradour is today. When Andrew Symington started his peated runs in 2003, he did not have to look further for a good name. As soon as the producted was legally whisky, the first Ballechin hit the market. Batch 1 matured on Burgundy wine casks,...

Score 87/100