Blair Athol 14 Year Old 2006 North Star Spirits Single Mezcal Cask Series 16 (2021) 70cl

Blair Athol 14 Year Old 2006 North Star Spirits Single Mezcal Cask Series 16 (2021) 70cl

1 of only 196 bottles produced from a Mezcal Hogshead in 2006.

Blair Athol was traditionally used in blends for a long time and now the single cask market is thriving with Blair Athol single casks bringing out its strong creamy character & taking it into Tequila and Sherry Casks.

North Star Spirits have a fantastic reputation for choosing great casks to bottle under Iain Croucher who headed up A.D.Ratray previously.

Blair Athol distillery is one of Scotland's oldest, dating back into the late 18th century. Its modern story begins when it was closed down by Peter Mackenzie in 1932, and was purchased by Arthur Bell & Sons the following year. Distilling recommenced in 1949, and with Blair Athol malt at its heart, Bell's became one of the world's best-selling whiskies. Despite its importance to the blend, Blair Athol was also bottled as a single malt under the Bell's banner in the 1970s and 1980s. New owners, Guinness, were less interested in this when they took over in 1985, but their subsequent iteration, United Distillers, brought a back distillery bottling with the Flora & Fauna release. Despite its popularity, Blair Athol has yet to be bottled under its own single malt brand. Other official bottlings from the Diageo era are very rare too, however the distillery has regularly provided casks to independent companies, many of whom have bottled some exceptional releases.

This whisky was distilled in September 2006 and aged for 14 years. It was finished in a ex-Mezcal cask.

North Star Spirits was founder in Glasgow in 2016 by Iain Croucher. They have since developed a strong reputation for bottling fantastic single cask and small batch whiskies, as well as the much-lauded Vega and Spica blends.

Tasting Notes

49% ABV

70cl