Blair Athol 8 Year Old Bottled 1980's Black Label with Sunset

Blair Athol 25 Year Old 1986 Adelphi

Blair Athol is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, founded in Pitlochry in 1798 by John Stewart and Robert Robertson, then under the name Aldour Distillery. In 1825 she was rechristened to Blair Athol. A large part of the production still goes into the Bell’s blends, but from time to time an independent bottler can get his hands on an...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 28 Year Old 1988 Cadenhead’s Small Batch

Blair Athol started its career in 1798 as the Aldour Distillery, named after the Allt Dour Burn, which means ‘old burn of the otter’. This burn still provides the distillery with production water. Since 1998 it is part of Diageo and produces around 2.8 million liters of spirit per annum. The bulk goes to the blenders – Bell’s being the largest...

Score 85/100

Blair Athol 4 Year Old 2015 Archives for Klubb23

Klubb23 is a whisky society (they call themselves a ‘brodirhood’) of only 23 members. They are connected to the Belgian club BYOB-C, of which Dominic is also one of the founders. Klubb23 currently has three releases out: a Blair Athol, a Deanston and a Croftengea. So let’s give those a go. This 4 years old (!) Blair Athol was bottled in...

Score 84/100

Blair Athol 12 Year Old

This flora and fauna 12 year old is the only official distillery bottling and it is a full bodied whisky matured in sherry casks. Nose: Sticky toffee pudding, dark fruits, rich and spicy. Ginger cake. Hint of citrus. Taste: Rich fruit cake. Rounded, nutty and spicy. Robust sherry but never over-heavy.

Score 81/100