Blair Athol 12 Year Old 1999 Un-Chillfiltered Signatory

Blair Athol 12 Year Old

This is the Flora and Fauna bottling from Diageo that I believe will be ceased, if it isn't already, in the not too distant future. Thankfully there are some bottles out there. It retails at c£50. This bottle has been open a month or so with just over two thirds left. Review is with no water added to a 30ml pour left 15 mins or so. Nose -...

Score 87/100

Blair Athol 9 Year Old 2009 Druma Mor

Druma Mor is a series of malts from a young (2019), independent bottler from… Belgium! It is run by Geert De Bolle, well known in the Belgian whisky scene. So far they have 6 releases out and this young Blair Athol is one of the first. Druma Mor translate more or less to ‘Drumfield’, which is a reference to the Trommelveld in Affligem, Geert’s...

Score 85/100

Blair Athol 12 Year Old 2009 IN2Spirit

The second release of the new Belgian bottler IN2Spirit is a young Blair Athol from of a refill hogshead, which explains it’s pale tan. Delicious fruity nose on apples and pears, hint of pineapple and the juice of young branches. Barley sugars and apricot pastry on Sunday morning. Another hint of lime and some caramel. Very accessible and very...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 8 Year Old bottled 1980s

The fact that this bottle has a contents of 75.7cl tells u sits an old one, probably end of the 1980s. The label proudly proclaimed 8 Year Old Pure Malt, a term that is no longer in use. The name of the then-owner – Arthur Bell & Sons – is also mentioned. This old Blair Athol was bottled at the minimum strength and was in that era the standard...

Score 83/100