Blair Athol 1989 Aged 31 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky – The First Edition Authors’ Series (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 45.6%           Age: 31 Years Old       Country: Scotland

Cask Number: HL18442
Date of Distilling: May 1989
Date of Bottling: Mar 2021
Matured In: a Single Sherry Hogshead
Un-Chillfiltered

The First Edition is part of the Hunter Laing ever evolving and growing range of whiskies on offer. It offers single barrel expressions is always released at natural cask strength, and of course without colouring or chill filtration. As the name may suggest, each cask is carefully selected to evoke the qualities of a rare literary volume – those of character and collectability. Each bottle is individually numbered and presented in a gift tube. A “First Editions” bottling without doubt makes a valuable addition to anyone’s whisky library. This bottling is from the Authors’ Series which pays tribute to great writers of years past.

Each Authors’ Series release is dedicated to a particular figure, e.g. Dickens, Poe, Kipling, featuring a photograph or drawing of them on the front label and a paragraph detailing their history on the back. The wax-sealed, decanter-like bottles are presented in a handsome hinged gift box and the whiskies themselves are selected by Andrew Laing as especially rich and complex casks from distilleries across Scotland. With this in mind, an Authors’ Series single malt whisky is the perfect companion to a quiet evening with a classic novel.

This extremely collectable Balir Athol was first distilled in May 1989 and has spent over three decades maturing in a single Sherry Hogshead. It was bottled in March 2021 at 45.6% abv and only 236 bottles were made available.

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About The Distillery

The Blair Athol Distillery is located near Pitlochry in the Highlands of Scotland. Blair Athol was originally the estate village of the picturesque Blair Castle, at whose gates the distillery now stands. The distillery was licensed in 1825, on the site of an older distillery, and was purchased by Arthur Bell and Sons in 1933. Since then the distillery was purchased by the Guinness Group in 1985. Running 4 stills, the distillery produces approximately 2,300,000 litres annually.