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General
Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
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Distillery profile:
Balmenach (also known as Balminoch and Cromdale)
was legalised in 1824 by James McGregor, but rumour
has it that it operated as an illicit distillery
for quite a while before that. Balmenach stayed
in the hands of various members of the McGregor
family for over half a century, until it was sold
to a group of blenders in 1922.... More
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| OB
- no vintage |
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- Balmenach
12 yo (43%, Flora and Fauna, late 1990’s)
- 080706
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| OB
- vintage |
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- Balmenach 25 yo 1977/2002 (58%, OB for Golden Jubilee) - by Angus - 240417
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| Berry
Bros & Rudd |
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- Balmenach 1979/2009 (56.3%, Berry Bros & Rudd) - 030610
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| The
Bottlers |
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- Balmenach 21 yo 1984/2005 (57.8%, The Bottlers, cask #3056) - 030610
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| Cadenhead - Duthie |
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- Balmenach-Glenlivet 19yo 1961/1980 (46%, Cadenhead's Dumpy, Black Label,75cl) - 030610
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 1962/1983 (92 US proof, Duthie for Narsai’s and Corti Brothers, USA) - 050115
- Balmenach-Glenlivet
12 yo 1981/1993 (62.3%, Cadenhead)
- 150405
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 12 yo 1981/1993 (62.6%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection) - 040113
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 12 yo 2004/2017 (54.4%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 258 bottles) - 190723
- Balmenach 13 yo 2004/2018 (53.2%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 294 bottles) - 170718
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 14 yo 2004/2019 (54.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 294 bottles) - 190723
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 14 yo 2004/2019 (49.7%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 210 bottles) - 190723
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 13 yo 2005/2018 (53.5%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 294 bottles) - 180723
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 13 yo 2005/2018 (55.2%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 312 bottles) - 180723
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 10 yo 2013/2023 (55.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, PX for 3 years, 276 bottles) - 180723
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| Chieftain's |
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- Balmenach 21 yo 1978 (61.7%, Chieftain’s Choice, +/-1999) - 080911
- Balmenach
11 yo 1990/2001 (43%, Chieftain's, cask #5414-5417)
- no notes - 67
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| Coopers
Choice |
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- Balmenach 20 yo 1978/1999 (43%, Cooper’s Choice) - 251012
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| Dun
Eideann |
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- Balmenach 1973/1995 (43%, Dun Eideann, cask #9873) - 230511
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| Duncan
Taylor |
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- Balmenach 9 yo 2000/2010 (46%, Duncan Taylor, NC2) - 030610
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| Gordon
& MacPhail |
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- Balmenach
12 yo 1970 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail CC old
brown label) - 080706
- Balmenach 1971/1989 (40%, G&M Connoisseurs Choice, Old Map label) - 030610
- Balmenach 1975/2007 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseur's Choice, first fill sherry) - 030610
- Balmenach
1976/2006 ‘30th Anniversary of Kirsch
Import’ (52.9%, G&M reserve, sherry
hogshead #1765, 230 bottles) - 090806
- Balmenach 1991/2008 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseur's Choice) - 030610
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| Hart
Bros |
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- Balmenach
30 yo 1972 (50.1%, Hart Bros, Port cask) - 060504
- Balmenach 18 yo 1979 (43%, Hart Bros, +/-1998) - 251012
- Balmenach 13 yo 2008/2021 (55.3%, Hart Bros., Cask Strength, First Sherry Butt Filled) - 180723
- Balmenach 9 yo 2011/2021 (46%, Hart Bros., 1st fill Port pipe) - 180723
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| Hunter
Laing - First Edition - Distiller's Art |
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- Balmenach 40 yo 1979/2019 (45.4%, Hunter Laing, Old & Rare Platinum Selection, 174 bottles) - 180723
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| La Maison du Whisky - Artist |
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- Balmenach 8 yo 2013/2022 (56.6%, Navigate World Whisky, Partners by LMDW, refill octave, cask #11128-176A, 54 bottles) - 190723
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| Maltbarn |
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- Balmenach 32 yo 1979/2012 (53.1%, Maltbarn, bourbon barrel, 209 bottles) - 040113
- Balmenach 19 yo 2002/2021 (55%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 160 bottles) - 190723
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| Murray
McDavid |
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- Balmenach 8 yo 2008/2017 (46%, Murray McDavid, Benchmark, bourbon hogshead, cask #150012, 319 bottles) - 170718
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| The
Nectar |
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- Balmenach 33 yo 1979/2012 (52.8%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams) and Balmenach 33 yo 1979/2012 (52.8%, The Whisky Agency, Perfect Dram, bourbon hogshead, 202 bottles) - 251012
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| Scott's
Selection |
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- Balmenach
1979/2000 (58%, Scott’s Selection)
- 150405
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| Signatory
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- Balmenach
10 yo (43%, Scottish Wildlife) - no notes -
68
- Balmenach 25 yo 1988/2013 (55.6%, Signatory for The Whisky Exchange, cask #1132, 187 bottles) - 260314
- Balmenach 24 yo 1988/2013 (54.4%, Signatory, hogshead, cask #2794, 238 bottles) - 260314
- Balmenach 24 yo 1988/2013 (55.5%, Signatory Vintage for The Nectar, Belgium, hogshead, cask #2802, 257 bottles) - 170718
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| The
Whisky Fair - The Whisky Agency - Perfect Dram - Liquid Sun |
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- Balmenach 14 yo 2001/2015 (51.9%, Liquid Treasures, refill sherry hogshead, 245 bottles) - 150615
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| Various
IB |
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- Balmenach 14yo (40%, The Inverarity Ancestral, sherry cask, +/-2006) - 030610
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 14 yo (57.5%, Sestante, +/-1985) - 090806 - 170718
- Balmenach-Glenlivet 14 yo (43%, Sestante, decanter, +/-1985) - 170718
- Balmenach 18 yo (43%, The Maltman, +/-2011) - 141211
- Miltonhaugh 28 yo 1966 (63.5%, The Whisky Connoisseur, cask #3154, +/-1994) - 020517 BALMENACH
- Balmenach-Glenlivet
15 yo 1971 (46%, Moncreiffe) - 190605
- Balmenach 1977/1997 (57.9%, Glenscoma, anniversary bottling, cask #6715, 288 bottles) - 150615
- Balmenach 35 yo 1979/2014 (53.4%, Sansibar, 127 bottles) - 260314
- Balmenach 23 yo 1988/2011 (46%, Mo Or Collection, bourbon hogshead, cask #1150, 440 bottles) - 190723
- Balmenach 10 yo 2000/2011 (46%, Liquid Treasures, bourbon hogshead) - 080911
- Balmenach 2001/2009 (46%, Càrn Mor, Scottish Liqueur Centre, barrel, cask #800412) - 040113
- Balmenach 13 yo 2004/2018 (51.2%, Hidden Spirits, bourbon, cask #BL418, 266 bottles) - 190723
- Balmenach 9 yo 2013/2022 (59.5%, Alistair Walker's Infrequent Flyers, Or Sileis & Whisky Dive & Joecy, oloroso sherry puncheon, cask #804890, 670 bottles) - 190723
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(all
current rankings 
93 points
- Last tasted on August 9, 2006
- Tasting notes 
