Blair Athol 'Special Release 2025' 23 years old 58.4%

Originally founded as Aldour in 1798 named after its water supply the burn of the otter. Soon closed, then refounded as Blair Athol in 1825 by John Robertson. Several different owners from the Connacher family over the following decades. In 1886 became the first distillery owned by Peter Mackenzie, who later founded Dufftown and ran the two distilleries together until 1932. With Dufftown, then bought by Arthur Bell, but not operated again until fully rebuilt, in 1949 capacity doubled to four stills 1973. Blair Athol is distilled in a way that adds a rich, deep malty character to the whisky, which in turn makes it highly suited to ex-sherry cask maturation.