Ballechin reviews

This eight and final release of Ballechin, batch 8 from 2013, matured on Sauternes wine casks. It is the last peated Edradour in the so-called Discovery Series. As of 2014, a Ballechin 10 Year Old will…

This is another work in progress that was served by Andrew at a festival in Belgium in November 2013. It is not yet on the market, but might be the new standard 10 Year Old Ballechin to be released in…

Peated Edradrour matured on first fill oloroso sherry casks for six years: that is how you could describe this Ballechin Batch 4. Just like the previous (and following) releases, it is bottled at the…

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…

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…

Ballechin in the peated expression of Edradour, a Highland distillery that was built in 1825. It proudly advertises itself as Scotland's smallest distillery, producing only 6000 gallons of spirit a year…

I don’t love reviewing samples, but I love getting them. Is there a value sample reviews? Sure. But I think it is only a two-dimensional snap shot of a whisky whereas a bottle review is more like a three…

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,…

This was an expensive bottle, so I had high expectations. The initial nose is overwhelming. The whole room smelled of smoked peat. The first taste likewise was overwhelmed by smoke. After a few sips…