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There's so much to like about Balblair. The distillery is beautiful, their use of vintages instead of ages (or NAS) is laudable, and they don't chill-filter or colour their whisky.
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To be honest, I'm not particularly fond of grain whiskies. Yes, there are some delicious examples, but generally speaking the flavour profile of grain whiskies is very narrow, offering not nearly the amount of diversity you'll find in single malts.
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Always go with your first impression, it usually pays off during the Blind Tasting Competition. For me at least.
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To commemorate the opening of Gatwick Airport's new North Terminal later this month, Highland Park has teamed up with World Duty Free to release a single cask bottling.
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How about Ledaig? This heavily peated whisky produced at Tobermory distillery is gaining a lot of popularity, especially these young-ish sherry matured expressions.
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The prevailing notion is that grain whisky needs to be old to be good. But might that also be because most grain whisky probably doesn't mature in the best casks? This Strathclyde received a finish in a very active sherry cask, making it a highly enjoyable whisky.
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These young Tamdhu's by Van Wees are a good example of why age doesn't always matter.
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The Benromach 2005 Peat Smoke is a super whisky. It is only eight years old, but full of flavour.
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