Day 13 - Balblair Distillery

THIS VIDEO IS INTENDED ONLY FOR VIEWERS WHO ARE OF LEGAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DRINKING AGE IN THEIR COUNTRY.
In this video I share my visit to the Balblair Distillery and review the Balblair 99 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
SUPPORT Erik Wait’s Wine & Whisky Studies:
/ erikwait
Erik Wait Wine & Whisky Studies Facebook: www.facebook.c...

[@everwind5691]

Sounds wonderful. Love the tour pics

[@foodquig]

Good one, Erik! Gotta love the Balblair...

[@Dr.SalvatoreVinciguerra]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your travels with us.

[@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies]

Thanks for watching!

[@themaltedmancave9499]

Amazing review Erik! Love how much info you give. I loved the bottle of 1999 that I bought....although I have found that Balblair more then any other distillery needs to be decanted several times and then it becomes amazing!

[@ThePartySourceReviews]

Oh wow. Thank you so much for sharing this. It is packed with so much good info. Again thank you for sharing. Cheers, -J.O.

[@sehrajsinghvirk5273]

Hi
Balblair was in the top 4 out of all 20 or just northern?plz give the top 12 list rank wise

[@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies]

Balblair was my top 4 out of the 10 I visited in northern Scotland (Highlands/Speyside), Because Islay whisky is generally is peated and is such a unique place I can't compare it to any other part of Scotland. My favorites that I visited for northern Scotland (Highlands/Speyside) are: (1) The Macallan (2) Glengoyne (3) Glenfarclas (4) Balblair (5) Glenfiddich (6) Glenmorangie (7) Dornach (8) Dalwhinnie (9) Cardhu (10) Cragganmore

[@mozilla2576]

Thanks for the video. Though, not certain why you would say that their potstill would produce a vodka like distillate?? Coffey stills are totally different than a pot still. Where the Coffey still strips the hell out of the distillate and a pot still leaves much of the original flavors through to the end. Where as...with a coffey still you wouldn't get any of those tasting notes that you so accurately describe. Maybe it was just a mistake in your script??

[@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies]

At 1:52 I talk about the importance of the shape of the still providing reflux. Without reflux more spirit immediately goes to the spirit still with less flavor, thus more coffey still-like. I did not say it would be the same as a coffey still. By the way, I don't make this stuff up. Read here: www.whisky.com/whisky-database/distilleries/details/balblair.html

[@mozilla2576]

@@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies Thanks, i'll check that link out.

[@macallanfinerare2552]

First!