Balvenie- Scotch Malt Whisky - Region: Speyside
WF Distillery Ranking: Premier Cru Classé (all current rankings here)

Status: Active - Stills: 8 (4 wash, 4 spirit) - Founded: 1892
Address: Dufftown, Keith, Banffshire, AB55 4DH - Phone: +44 (0) 1340 820 373
Web: www.thebalvenie.com - More info: Malt Madness  

One of my favourite expressions so far:
Balvenie 32 yo 1968/2000 ‘Vintage Cask’ (50.8%, OB, cask #7294, 180 bottles)
92 points - Last tasted on July 1, 2005 - Tasting notes here.

• Balvenie NAS (43%, OB, flat bottle with flags, 1980’s) - 300907
• Balvenie 'The Creation of a Classic' (43%, OB, Balvenie Stories, +/-2022) - 190623
• Balvenie 'Tun 1401' (48.1%, OB, 2010) - 260711
• Balvenie 'Tun 1401' (48.1%, OB, batch #2, 2011) - 101011
• Balvenie 'Tun 1401' (50.4%, OB, batch #4, 2012) - 160612
• Balvenie 'Tun 1401' (50.1%, OB, batch #5, 2012) - 140912
• Balvenie 'Tun 1401' (49.2%, OB, batch #7, +/-2013) - 261016
• Balvenie 'Tun 1401' (50.2%, OB, batch #8, +/-2013) - 261016
• Balvenie 'Tun 1509' (47.1%, OB, batch #1, 2014) - 091014
• Balvenie 'Tun 1509 - Batch No.2' (50.3%, OB, 8500 bottles, 2015) - 290915
• Balvenie ‘Tun 1509’ (52.2%, OB, batch #3, 2016) - 261016
• Balvenie ‘Tun 1509’ (51.7%, OB, batch #4, 2017) - 231017
• Balvenie ‘Tun 1509’ (50.4%, OB, batch #6, 2019) - 221019
• Balvenie ‘Tun 1509’ (52.4%, OB, Batch #7, 2020) - 011020
• Balvenie 'Tun 1858' (50.4%, OB, for Taiwan, 2012) - 050713
• Balvenie 8 yo (70 proof, OB, 1970’s) - 030805
• Balvenie 8 yo (70°proof, OB, leather label, triangular bottle, +/-1970) - 101011
• Balvenie 10 yo ‘Founder’s Reserve’ (40%, OB, Cognac bottle, 1980’s) - 030805
• Balvenie 10 yo Founder’s Reserve (40%, OB, 1980's) - 070205
• Balvenie 10 yo 'Founder's Reserve' (40%, OB, +/-2000) - no notes - 81
• Balvenie 10 yo 'Founder's Reserve' (43%, OB, +/-2000) - no notes - 80
• Balvenie 10 yo 'Founder's Reserve' (40%, OB, +/-2003) - no notes - 79
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Doublewood' (43%, OB, +/-2000) - no notes - 72
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (43%, OB, +/-2003) - no notes - 84
• Balvenie 12 yo DoubleWood (40%, OB, 2004) - 111104
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (40%, OB, +/-2005) - no notes - 83
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (40%, OB, oak/sherry casks, Bottled +/- 2008) - 150109
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (40%, OB, +/-2012) - 200513
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (40%, OB, +/-2013) - 210814
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (40%, OB, +/-2015) - 160216
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (40%, OB, +/-2020) - 100221
• Balvenie 12 yo 'DoubleWood' (40%, OB, +/-2021) - 230621
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Signature' (40%, OB, batch #001, 2008) - 130508
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Signature Batch 4' (43%, OB, 2011) - 220823
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Single Barrel' (47.8%, OB, cask #12715, 2013) - 221013
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Single Barrel' (47.8%, OB, cask #12759, 2013) - 220114
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Single Barrel' (47.8%, OB, cask #6752, +/-2019) - 100221
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Triple Cask' (40%, OB, +/-2015) - 160216
• Balvenie 12 yo 'Triple Cask' (40%, OB, +/-2022) - 190623
• Balvenie 12 yo ‘The Sweet Toast Of American Oak’ (43%, OB, +/-2019) - 011020
• Balvenie 14 yo ‘Roasted Malt’ (47.1%, OB, 34 casks, 2006) - 230906
• Balvenie 14 yo 'Cuban Selection' (43%, OB, Cuban rum finish, 2009) - 021009
• Balvenie 14 yo 'Caribbean Cask' (43%, OB, +/-2013) - 100813
• Balvenie 14 yo 'The Week of Peat' (48.3%, OB, The Stories, +/-2019) - 100221
• Balvenie 15 yo 'Single Barrel Sherry Cask' (47.8%, OB, cask # 16293, 2014) - 210814
• Balvenie 15 yo ‘Single Barrel Sherry Cask’ (47.8%, OB, cask #2052, +/-2018?) - 120418
• Balvenie 16 yo 'Triple Cask' (40%, OB, 2013) - 220114
• Balvenie 16 yo 'French Oak' (47.6%, OB, 2022) - 240223
• Balvenie 17 yo 'Islay Cask' (43%, OB) - 240904
• Balvenie 17 yo ‘New Wood’ (40%, OB, 79 casks, 2006) - 230906
• Balvenie 17 yo ‘SherryOak’ (43%, OB, 2007) - 300907
• Balvenie 17 yo 'Rum Cask Finish' (43%, OB, Bottled +/- 2008) - 150109
• Balvenie 17 yo 'Madeira Cask' (43%, OB, Madeira finish, 2009) - 021009
• Balvenie 17 yo 'Peated Cask' (43%, OB, 2010) - 281010
• Balvenie 17 yo 'The Week Of Peat' (49.4%, OB, 2021) - by Angus - 250622
• Balvenie 17 yo 'DoubleWood' (43%, OB, 2012) - 100813
• Balvenie 18 yo 'Classic' (43%, OB, Marie Brizard Import France, 75cl, +/-1985) - 071223
• Balvenie 21 yo 'Port Wood' (40%, OB, 1997, 1st Edition) - no notes - 88 - by Angus - 131018
• Balvenie 21 yo PortWood (40%, OB, 2004) - 111104
• Balvenie 21 yo 'PortWood' (47.6, OB, +/-2012) - 130513
• Balvenie 21 yo ‘Single Barrel’ (47.8%, OB, cask #5883, 300 bottles) - 011020
• Balvenie 21 yo 'The Second Red Rose' (48.1%, OB, 2021) - 201021
• Balvenie 25 yo ‘Triple Casks’ (40%, OB, +/-2015) - 120416
• Balvenie 25 yo 'Rare Marriages' (48%, OB, 2021) - 201021
• Balvenie 27 yo (48%, OB, 'A Rare Discovery From Distant Shores', Caroni Rum Cask Finish, 2022) - 190123
• Balvenie 30 yo ‘Thirty’ (47.3%, OB, 2004) - 080205
• Balvenie 30 yo 'Thirty' (47.3%, OB, +/-2013) - 130513

• Balvenie 50 yo 1937 (42%, OB for Milroy’s, 500 bottles, +/-1987) - by Angus - 161217
• Balvenie 55 yo 1961/2017 (42.6%, OB, DCS Compendium chapter 3, sherry hogshead, cask #4193, 65-or 80-bottles) - 231017
• Balvenie 30 yo 1966/1997 ‘Vintage Cask’ (45.5%, OB, USA, cask #1896, 204 bottles, 75cl) - 030320
• Balvenie 32 yo 1968/2000 ‘Vintage Cask’ (50.8%, OB, cask #7294, 180 bottles) - 010705
• Balvenie 30 yo 1970/2001 ‘Vintage Cask’ (44.6%, OB, cask #12524, 320 bottles) - 010705
• Balvenie 34 yo 1971/2005 ‘Vintage Cask’ (47.1%, OB, cask #8935, 219 bottles) - 031005
• Balvenie 31 yo 1973/2004 (49.7%, OB, cask #9214, 213 bottles) - 130508
• Balvenie 25 yo 1974/2000 ‘Single Barrel’ (46.9%, OB, cask #10152) - 080205
• Balvenie 25 yo 1974/2001 ‘Single Barrel’ (46.9%, OB, c #15230) - 010704
• Balvenie 1976/2008 (52.7%, OB, 231 bottles) - 091008
• Balvenie 15 yo 1978/1993 (50.4%, OB ‘Single Barrel’, cask #204 or 640) - by Angus - 131018
• Balvenie 15 yo 1980/1996 'SB' (50.4%, OB, cask #15986) - no notes - 85
• Balvenie 15 yo 1983/1999 'SB' (50.4%, OB, cask #1318, Btl. 5/10/'99) - no notes - 83
• Balvenie 15 yo 1985/2001 'Single Barrel' (50.4%, OB) - 110309
• Balvenie 15 yo 1985/2002 Single Barrel (50.4%, OB) - 070504
• Balvenie 15 yo 1985/2002 'SB' (50.4%, OB, cask #286) - no notes - 78
• Balvenie 15 yo 1988/2003 (47.8%, OB, cask #3971) - 240904
• Balvenie 15 yo Single Barrel 1989/2004 (47.8%, OB, cask #7581) - 111104
• Balvenie 15 yo 1989/2004 ‘Single Barrel’ (47.8%, OB, cask #7633) - 071205
• Balvenie 15 yo 1989/2008 'Single Barrel' (47.8%, OB, cask #13493) - 150110
• Balvenie 1989 PortWood (40%, OB, 2004) - 111104
• Balvenie 25 yo 1989/2015 (47.8%, OB, Single Barrel, cask #1864, 300 bottles) - 290915
• Balvenie 1991 'PortWood' (40%, OB, 2004) - 031005
• Balvenie 1992 (55%, OB, Balvenie Club, cask #4605, 10cl sample bottle) - 190806
• Balvenie 26 yo 1992/2019 ‘A Day of Dark Barley’ (47.8%, OB, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #6864) - 010720
• Balvenie 1993 'PortWood finish' (40%, OB, 2006) - 150109
• Balvenie 15 yo 1998/2013 'Single Barrel' (47.8%, OB, cask #01620) - 050220
• Balvenie 15 yo 1998/2014 ‘Single Barrel’ (47.8%, OB, cask #13241) - 261016
• Balvenie 19 yo 2000/2020 ‘The Edge of Burnhead Wood’ (48.7%, OB, Stories, refill bourbon barrels) - 010720
• Balvenie 14 yo 2002 ‘Peat Week’ (48.3%, OB, 2017) - 120418 - by Angus - 160917
• Balvenie 14 yo 2003 ‘Peat Week’ (48.3%, OB, 2018) - 221019

• Balvenie-Glenlivet 28 yo 1974 (55.3%, Cadenhead, Single Bourbon Barrel, cask #17710) - 091008
• Balvenie-Glenlivet 29 yo 1974/2004 (48%, Cadenhead, bourbon, 180 bottles) - 071205
• Balvenie-Glenlivet 12 yo 1979/1992 (59.5%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, 150th Anniversary) - 140912
• Balvenie-Glenlivet 13 yo 1979/1992 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection) - by Angus - 160917
• Balvenie-Glenlivet 15 yo 1979/1995 (57.8%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection) - by Angus - 160917
• Balvenie-Glenlivet 20 yo 1979/1999 (55.7%, Cadenhead, 300 bottles) - 091008
• Burnside 27 yo 1989/2016 (46.5%, Cadenhead Small Batch, two bourbon barrels, 288 bottles) - by Angus - 220820
• Burnside 27 yo 1991/2019 (44.8%, Cadenhead, Single Cask, bourbon barrel, 162 bottles) - 221019
• Burnside 26 yo 1991/2018 (46.7%, Cadenhead, Green Label, bourbon barrel, 174 bottles) - 221019
• Burnside 27 yo 1991/2019 (43.6%, Cadenhead, Single Cask, bourbon barrel, 168 bottles) - 100221

• Sideburn 31 yo 1992+1993/2024 (51.3%, Whisky Sponge, 404 bottles) - 230724

• Burnside 26 yo 1991/2018 (45.4%, A.D. Rattray, cask #7379, bourbon barrel) - by Angus - 040519
• Spoon Man 19 yo 1999/2019 (59.1%, A.D. Rattray, for Switzerland, bourbon hogshead, cask #2129, 259 bottles) - 150622

• Balvenie 16 yo 1973/1989 (46%, Dun Eideann, cask #3488) - 090512

• Burnside 25 yo 1989/2014 (50.9%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 167 bottles) - 120416

• Balvenie 1974/1987 (56%, Duthie for Samaroli, 408 bottles) - 150110

• Burnside 1994/2012 (56.7%, Scott's Selection) - 200513

• Balvenie 15 yo 1974/1990 (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, cask #18103-18130, 1300 bottles, 75cl) - 221019  - by Angus - 250622
• Balvenie 15 yo 1974/1990 (43%, Signatory Vintage, Sailing Ships, Series No1, casks #18103-18130, 1200 bottles) - 260424

• Balvenie 1976/1987 (60.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #40.1) - Angus - 010717

• Burnside 24 yo 1989/2014 (51.1%, Whisky-Fässle, hogshead) - 120416

• Balvenie-Glenlivet 'As we get it' (108.6°proof, Macfarlane Bruce and Co. Ltd, early 1970s) - 110309
• Balvenie-Glenlivet 'As We Get It' (102.9 proof, MacFarlane, Bruce & Co., +/-1970) - 160216
• Balvenie 1969 (58%, R. Watson Aberdeen, +/-1980) - 050220
• Balvenie 20 yo 1972 (46%, First Cask by Direct Wines, Cask #14734, +/-1992) - Angus - 010717
• Balvenie 1975/1985 (57.1%, Robert Watson) - by Angus - 250622
• Burnside 1992/2013 (52,6%, Gordon & Company, The Pearls of Scotland, cask #7350, 312 bottles) - 080414
• Burnside 24 yo 1989/2014 (51.7%, Whiskybase, barrel, cask #12452, 207 bottles) - 050514
• Burnside 28 yo 1989/2018 (46.2%, Archives ‘The Fishes of Samoa’, cask #4556, hogshead, 84 bottles) - by Angus - 220820
• Burnside 1991/2018 (50.3%, Caora, refill barrel, cask #7407, 233 bottles) - 120418
• Burnside 28 yo 1991/2019 (48.4%, The Taste of Whisky, Whisky Elements, refill bourbon, cask #7364, 204 bottles) - 050220
• Images of Dufftown 1988/2013 'Balvenie Castle' (53,2%, Malts of Scotland, 266 bottles) - 210814
• Burnside 28 yo 1989/2018 (46.2%, Archives, hogshead, cask #4556, 84 bottles) - 221019
• Burnside 30 yo 1989 (51.2%, Artful Dodger Whisky Collective, blended malt, refill bourbon barrel, cask #4555, 317 bottles) - 220823
• Burnside 28 yo 1991/2020 (45%, C Dully Selection, cask #7367, bourbon barrel, 199 bottles) - 100221 - by Angus - 220820
• Burnside 1992/2015 (50.8%, Sansibar for S Spirit Shop Selection, sherry cask, 341 bottles) - 160216
• Burnside 24 yo 1992 (50.1%, C. Dully for House of Malts St. Gallen, hogshead, cask #10260, 141 bottles, +/-2017) - 150622
• Burnside 25 yo 1994/2019 (51.1%, The Whisky Cask Company, bourbon hogshead, cask #5114, 246 bottles) - 230621
• Burnside 25 yo 1994/2020 Blended Malt (47.6%, Archives ‘The Fishes of Samoa’, cask #7103, sherry butt, 58 bottles) - by Angus - 051220
• Burnside 27 yo 1994/2021 (46.9%, Le Gus't, blended malt, first fill bourbon hogshead, cask #3522, 231 bottles, 2022) - 190123
• Burnside 26 yo 1994/2021 (49.8%, The Whisky Cask Company, bourbon, cask #5115, 245 bottles) - 240223
• Burnside 28 yo 1994/2022 (47.8%, The Whisky Blues, blended malt, cask #5139, hogshead, 229 bottles) - 190623
• Burnside 28 yo 1994/2022 (48.2%, HNWS, The Spirits Hunter, Taiwan, hogshead, cask #5137, 236 bottles) - 071223
• Burnside 28 yo 1994/2022 (45.4%, Whisky Picnic Bar, Taiwan, 1st fill bourbon hogshead, cask #3523, 207 bottles) - 071223
• Burnside 28 yo 1994/2022 (50.5%, Le Gus't, blended malt, hogshead, cask #5143, 219 bottles) - 260424
• Burnside 28 yo 1994/2022 (48%, Whisky Age, blended malt, hogshead, cask #5135, 224 bottles) - 230724
• Burnside 19 yo 1996/2015 (53.9%, A Few Barrels Company, hogshead, cask #2185, 313 bottles) - 261016
• Burnside 20 yo (51.7%, Chorlton Whisky, hogshead) - 231017
• Taken From a Cask Labelled Burnside 23 yo 1999/2022 (49.2%, Acla Selection, Switzerland, Classic, blended malt, hogshead, cask #2139) - 071223