Ballantines 30 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)

George Ballantine, the founder of Ballantine's came from a farming family in the Scottish borders. He established a grocers shop in Cowgate, Edinburgh in 1827, eventually extending his business into wines and spirits. His son, also named George, set up in Argyll Street, Glasgow, in 1872 as a whisky, wine and cigar merchant, with many export interests, especially the promotion of the Old Glenlivet and Talisker Fine Malt brands. In 1903 the family business was granted a Royal Warrant and was recorded as "transacting an immense trade in supplying wines and spirits to families of distinction all over Scotland and in many parts of England and Ireland." The company was subsequently sold, however the new owners had similar success, establishing solid markets in the United States and elsewhere. The rest is history...

Today Ballantine’s is one of the largest spirits brand in the world. The flavour profile of all the Ballantine’s bottlings is largely dependent on fingerprint malts from Miltonduff and Glenburgie.

Other reviews......quite a different animal to that which I tasted last year...and the year before. Having come across it in three different markets, I each time noted a richer more balanced product... 43% Alc./Vol.
94 points - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2011size>

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