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Balblair Whisky

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Balblair is located in the Highlands production area of Scotland, UK. It is an ancient distillery with a history of more than 200 years.

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In 1790, John Ross established the Balblair Distillery, and written records related to this distillery date back to 1749. In 1824, John Ross's son Andrew Ross began to help manage the distillery. Later, other juniors of the Ross family also joined the distillery one after another and were responsible for the management and operation of the distillery until the end of the 19th century. In 1894, James Ross sold the distillery to Alexander Cowan. Under the management of Alexander Cowan, Balblair had offices, stills, brewhouses, kilns and barns. Balblair has relied on rail for the transport of coal and barley since the opening of The Highland Railway Company's Inverness-Ardgay line in 1862. In 1895, in order to better utilize the railway, the distillery was moved about 800 meters north.

In 1911, severe economic conditions forced Balblair to cease production. In 1939, an army occupied the Balblair distillery, a situation that lasted until 1945. In 1948, Robert James Cumming, a lawyer from Banff, purchased the distillery for £48,000 and resumed production of Balblair in 1949. In 1964, the distillery was expanded with a new warehouse and a steam boiler. In 1970, the Cumming family sold Balblair to Hiram Walker, who later merged to form Allied Distillers. In 1980, the distillery was further developed, with the brewhouse roof renovated and two new steel grinding boxes added. In 1996, Balblair was acquired by Inver House Distillers Ltd, opening a new chapter in the development of this historic distillery.

Balblair uses water from Allt Dearg and uses little peat in the malt drying process. The distillery has one wash still with a capacity of 12,000 liters and two spirit stills with a capacity of 8,500 liters. The external shape of these distillers is relatively flat and does not contain debris that increases reflux. Generally speaking, under normal distillation speed, the flavor of the distilled liquor is strong and rough, similar to the style of Vodka. Because Balblair has two re-distillation machines, it can produce whiskey at a lower distillation speed, thereby producing Balblair whiskey with a smooth taste and rich fruit flavor. After the winery puts the wine into oak barrels, it will be transported to the warehouse for aging. Every year, Balblair's winery manager John MacDonald will taste, judge and select the wine. Only when the wine reaches a perfect mature state, Will be bottled.

Balblair's whiskeys are complex in flavor, with strong ester flavors and often core flavor characteristics of apricot, willow, spice, floral, nutty and green apple. In addition, the whiskey produced by the distillery is of excellent quality and has not only been included in the authoritative professional whiskey book "The World Atlas of Whiskey", but its 1989 single malt whiskey was also selected into the "101 Whiskeys You Must Drink in a Lifetime". One of the 101 must-drink whiskeys.

"Every year, 2% of the whiskey stored in the barrels will evaporate away and never return. It is like a part of the soul that was taken away. We call it 'Angel's Share' ).”

This was originally a technical term for whiskey, but it also became the title of the movie "The Angels' Share" released in 2012, and became the most critical element in the movie (whiskey lovers should not miss it) movie of).

Most of the main scenes in the film were shot at Balblair, a fairly ancient distillery in the northern Highlands of Scotland. The film describes the story of four young Scots who whimsically wanted to change the trajectory of their lives by stealing precious whiskey from Scottish distilleries, and thus embarked on an incredible journey to a Scottish distillery.

Balblair 酒款：

Balblair 1965 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1969 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1975 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1975 Vintage Natural Colour Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1978 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1979 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1983 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1986 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1989 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1989 Vintage Natural Colour Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1990 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1990 Vintage Exclusive To Travel Retail Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1991 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1991 Vintage Natural Colour Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1993 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1995 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1995 Vintage Natural Colour Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1996 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1997 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1997 Vintage Natural Colour Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1999 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1999 Vintage Natural Colour Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 1999 Vintage Exclusive To Travel Retail Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 2000 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 2000 Vintage 1st Release Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 2001 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 2002 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 2003 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisk

Balblair 2004 Vintage Sherry Matured Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 2004 Vintage Bourbon Matured Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 2005 Vintage Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Balblair 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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