Balblair 1988 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 33년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
I could simply write 'Balblair' and call this a tasting note. Pink bananas, dandelions, beeswax, papayas, mirabelles and acacia honey. Caraway and fennel seeds are chiming in after a short while, also juniper, also some old resinous woods, thuja, 'old Buddhist temple'… Beautiful – and peaceful. With water: a wonderful wee sourness (morello cherry juice) plus almonds, fruit stones, dunnage, old hessian, earth and the largest bag of bananas ever. We're talking proper fruits, not sweets or gums
restaurant Palate
I'd swear I get echoes of Bertie Cummings' cask (Balblair afficionados ahoy). Bananas, honeys, peppermint liqueur, cedarwood, touches of mangos, cinnamon powder… With water: swims perfectly despite all the many grassy oak spices that are coming to the surface. More on fruit peel, perhaps. Maybe a touch of cardboard. On second thought, do not add any waters
timer Finish
medium, brighter again, almost citrusy. Peppery oranges. The aftertaste is more on Alpenöl, Ricola and 'stuff like that'. Verbena
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