Pernod Ricard is a French company that produces alcoholic beverages. The brands include:
Aberlour whisky
Ballantine’s blended whisky
Chivas Regal whisky
Glenlivet whisky
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Longmorn whisky
Powers Irish whiskey
Redbreast whiskey
Royal Salute whisky
Scapa whisky
Absolut vodka
JP Wiser Canadian whisky
Today I look at the Ballantine’s 17 yo Scapa Signature Distillery blended Scotch whisky. I have often written about my love for Ballantine’s whisky.
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After trying it for the first time last year, Ballantines has quickly become my favourite blended whisky. The Ballantine’s Finest received my first divine rating, and the Ballantine’s 17 year old was my Blend of the Year 2014.
One of the great joys of collecting whisky is obtaining a limited release bottle that is no longer in production. That is the case with today’s whisky, The Longmorn 15 year old single malt Scotch whisky. John Duff, Charles Shirres and George Thomson founded the Longmorn Distillery Company in 1893.
At the beginning of this year, I got the chance to taste something extraordinary. WhiskyBrother, the iconic speciality whisky store in Hyde Park, sent me a sample of their new, personally selected WhiskyBrother Glenlivet 15 year old single malt Scotch whisky.
I grew up with a dad who enjoyed blended whisky. His favourite drams were Dimple and Chivas Regal. This experience shaped the way I enjoyed whisky in my younger days, and I gravitated to blended whisky too. Then a friend poured me a Glenlivet 12 year old whisky and I was blown away.
I heard that The Glenlivet Distillery was releasing a limited edition whisky with little details. It sounded quite mysterious and interesting. Lucky for me, WhiskyBrother, my favourite whisky shop, had a few bottles of this Glenlivet Alpha single malt Scotch whisky available, and Marc kept one for me.