Scotland's most southerly working distillery has an echoing connection with Northern Ireland. Built in 1817, the distillery as sold in 1911 by the founding McLelland family to the Belfast based whisky merchant Dunville & Co., who made their own whiskey in Ireland but were in need of stocks of Scotch to fulfil customer demand. Unfortunately ... Read More »
Lowland whiskies are believed by many to be best drunk young - many whisky experts have claimed that Rosebank was at its peak at 8 years old. No pressure, then, on this fresh-looking Bladnoch, bottled at a good drinking strength of 46%.
An eight year-old expression from the revitalised Bladnoch, everyone's favourite operating Lowlander. A hearty 'Slainte' to Raymond Armstrong and his team, as this spirit has been produced entirely by themselves following the distillery's re-opening.
A cask strength peated 9yo Bladnoch 2001. Peated Lowland whisky - you don't see a lot of that around, this may be the first one that we've come across. We expect this to be popular. At present we're not sure how 'lightly' peated this is, if anyone knows ppms etc, please post in the comments.
A special bottling to commemorate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine 'Kate' Middleton in the summer of 2011. This is an 8 year old Bladnoch limited to only 150 bottles.
A new (as of 2011) edition of Bladnoch's excellent 10 year old, this time with a bit more oomph at 55%. Expect a classic lowland with a nice bit of fruit.
Another bargain from Bladnoch, whose drinkability & extra-keen pricing has really endeared it to maltfans since Raymond Armstrong revived the distillery. Bladnoch's single malts are not chill-filtered, so they may go a little cloudy when cold. Don't panic - this is a natural reaction and doesn't affect the flavour one iota.
A Connoisseurs Choice bottling of independent Lowlander Bladnoch. This is from the 1993 vintage and has been bottled at 43% from refill sherry hogsheads.
The first ever Bladnoch in our Single Malts of Scotland range is a delicate, medium-bodied dram from the 1992 vintage that needs a few minutes to open up and unfurl its citrussy, grassy flavours.