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Edradour 8 years Ballechin Double Cask

woody fruity
4.3
(1)€55Scotland, Highland, Single Malt

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Edradour sits just outside Pitlochry in Perthshire and has made whisky since 1825. It is the smallest traditional distillery in Scotland, still run like the farm it once was. Ballechin is its peated malt, and this release pairs that smoke with unpeated spirit from a sherry butt. The two were married before bottling. Smoke comes through dry and earthy, with caramel and honey underneath rather than after. There is a young brightness to it that older sherried whiskies lose. At 46% it holds its shape. Pour it neat and let the smoke settle.

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Edradour

Edradour is a small Scottish single malt whisky distillery located in the town of Pitlochry in Perthshire, Scotland. Founded in 1825, it is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, and it remains one of the smallest in terms of production. The distillery produces a range of single malt whiskies, including the popular 10-year-old and 12-year-old expressions, as well as a number of limited edition releases. Edradour is known for its full-bodied and fruity whiskies with notes of honey, vanilla, and spice. Edradour is one of the few remaining distilleries in Scotland to still use traditional methods of whisky production. The distillery uses small copper stills, which produce a unique flavor profile that is distinct from larger distilleries.

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About the Edradour 8 years Ballechin Double Cask

Edradour 8 years Ballechin Double Cask is a peated Highland single malt from Scotland. The distillery sits above Pitlochry in Perthshire and bottles this one at 46% ABV. Ballechin is the name given to the distillery's smoky spirit. The double cask part is literal. One sherry butt of unpeated malt was married with three ex-bourbon barrels of peated malt. Eight years in wood keeps it bright, and the smoke stays in front. Edradour has made whisky at Pitlochry since 1825. The distillery calls itself the smallest traditional one in Scotland. The site still works as a farm distillery, and the whisky is made by hand. Over 25 expressions come out of this small place. Ballechin is the peated arm of the range, and this release goes a step further. Unpeated Edradour from a sherry butt was blended with peated Ballechin from bourbon wood. Smoke arrives first, dry and a little earthy, but it never takes over. Vanilla and caramel sit right behind it, pushed up by the bourbon barrels. The sherry butt adds a darker, fruity sweetness, closer to raisin than jam. Honey runs through the middle and keeps everything joined up. A woody, faintly bitter edge shows late, which stops the sweet notes going soft. Smoke and sugar hold on together at the end. Two malts from one distillery, made in the same year, matured apart. That is what Edradour 8 years Ballechin Double Cask offers, and it is unusual. Four casks went into the batch, so the outturn was small. Blends of peated and unpeated spirit from one site stay rare. The sherry butt carried 2013 spirit, and so did the three bourbon barrels. Anyone curious about how peat and sherry meet will get a direct answer here.