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General
Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Sherry Ginger Pepper
Dried oranges Dry Grainy Malty
MM
Distillery profile:
Balmenach (also known as Balminoch and Cromdale)
was legalised in 1824 by James McGregor, but rumour
has it that it operated as an illicit distillery
for quite a while before that. Balmenach stayed
in the hands of various members of the McGregor
family for over half a century, until it was sold
to a group of blenders in 1922.... More
on Malt Madness. |
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| Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF) |
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- no vintage |
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- Balmenach
12 yo (43%, Flora and Fauna, late 1990’s)
- 080706
- Balmenach-Glenlivet
14 yo (57.5%, OB, early 1970’s) - 090806
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| Berry
Bros & Rudd |
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- Balmenach 1979/2009 (56.3%, Berry Bros & Rudd) - 030610
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| The
Bottlers |
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- Balmenach 21 yo 1984/2005 (57.8%, The Bottlers, cask #3056) - 030610
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| Cadenhead
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- Balmenach-Glenlivet 19yo 1961/1980 (46%, Cadenhead's Dumpy, Black Label,75cl) - 030610
- Balmenach-Glenlivet
12 yo 1981/1993 (62.3%, Cadenhead)
- 150405
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| Chieftain's |
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- Balmenach
11 yo 1990/2001 (43%, Chieftain's, cask #5414-5417)
- no notes - 67
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| Duncan
Taylor |
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- Balmenach 9 yo 2000/2010 (46%, Duncan Taylor, NC2) - 030610
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| Gordon
& MacPhail |
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- Balmenach
12 yo 1970 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail CC old
brown label) - 080706
- Balmenach 1971/1989 (40%, G&M Connoisseurs Choice, Old Map label) - 030610
- Balmenach 1975/2007 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseur's Choice, first fill sherry) - 030610
- Balmenach
1976/2006 ‘30th Anniversary of Kirsch
Import’ (52.9%, G&M reserve, sherry
hogshead #1765, 230 bottles) - 090806
- Balmenach 1991/2008 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseur's Choice) - 030610
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| Hart
Bros |
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- Balmenach
30 yo 1972 (50.1%, Hart Bros, Port cask) - 060504
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| Scott's
Selection |
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- Balmenach
1979/2000 (58%, Scott’s Selection)
- 150405
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| Signatory
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- Balmenach
10 yo (43%, Scottish Wildlife) - no notes -
68
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| Various
IB |
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- Balmenach 14yo (40%, The Inverarity Ancestral, sherry cask, +/-2006) - 030610
- Balmenach-Glenlivet
15 yo 1971 (46%, Moncreiffe) - 190605
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(all
current rankings 
93 points
- Last tasted on August 9, 2006
- Tasting notes 
