🥃 Edradour Ballechin 10 Year Old
Heavily peated whisky from Edradour: malt peated to at least 50 ppm, aged 10 years, 46% ABV, mainly ex-bourbon casks, without chill filtration.
Edradour Ballechin 10 Year Old is a heavily peated single malt Scotch whisky made at the Edradour distillery in Pitlochry. The malt for it is peated to at least 50 ppm of phenols. It is 46% ABV, aged for ten years, and bottled without chill filtration.
The name honours Ballechin, another farm distillery in Perthshire that closed in 1927. According to Whiskypedia, Edradour began experimenting with peating in 2003, and the first Ballechin was released in 2006. The ten-year-old expression is matured mainly in ex-bourbon casks, with a share of whisky from ex-Oloroso sherry casks added. The other Ballechin releases are limited bottlings from wine, rum and other casks.
Why it matters to you. Ballechin is a peated whisky, whereas Edradour 10 Year Old is unpeated and sherried, so do not confuse them. The age on the label refers to the youngest whisky in the bottle. The WHO reminds us that no level of alcohol consumption is safe.
Facts
| Alcohol (% vol.) | 46% ABV |
|---|---|
| Minimum maturation | 10 years |
| Cask type | mainly ex-bourbon, partly ex-Oloroso sherry |
| Raw material | barley malt, peated to at least 50 ppm |
| EU category | 2 — whisky/whiskey |
| Legal basis | Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2890) (Single Malt Scotch Whisky; Highland) |
How it connects to Spirits
🥃 Edradour Ballechin 10 Year Old → affects → 🍷 Alcohol and health ← affects ← 🥃 Spirits
Links
- Packed in
- 🍷 Oloroso, 🥃 Ex-bourbon barrel
- Made from
- 🥃 Barley and malt in whisky
- What it affects
- 🍷 Alcohol and health, 🍷 Drunk driving
- Part of
- 🥃 Edradour, 🥃 Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 🥃 Highland whisky
- Similar and different
- 🥃 Peated whisky, 🥃 Edradour 10 Year Old, 🥃 Edradour 10 Year Old
Frequently asked questions
Is Ballechin made at a separate distillery?
No. It is made at Edradour in Pitlochry; the name comes from another Perthshire distillery that closed in 1927.
How peated is Ballechin?
The malt is peated to at least 50 ppm of phenols, according to the Edradour website.
Which casks is Ballechin 10 Year Old matured in?
Mainly ex-bourbon, with a share of whisky from ex-Oloroso sherry casks.
What to read next
- 🍷 Alcohol and health — Alcohol in any drink is harmful in large amounts, and the risks grow with the quantity.
- 🥃 Barley and malt in whisky — Malted barley is the base of whisky: malt enzymes convert starch in the mash, and EU whisky is distilled below 94.8% vol.
- 🍷 Oloroso — Dry sherry of exclusively oxidative ageing, without flor; 17–22 % vol.
- 🍷 Drunk driving — Never drive after drinking wine: alcohol slows your reactions.
- 🥃 Ex-bourbon barrel — American white oak cask of 180–200 litres used for bourbon: bourbon may only be aged in new charred casks, so used ones go to Scotch, Irish whiskey and rum.
Similar
🥃 Edradour 10 Year Old · 🥃 Tomatin 18 Year Old · 🥃 Tomatin Cask Strength · 🥃 Ledaig 18 Year Old · 🥃 Ledaig 10 Year Old · 🥃 Balblair 25 Year Old
⚠️ Spirit drinks contain alcohol and are for adults only. Alcohol harms health. Do not drink during pregnancy or before driving; check the label for ingredients and possible allergens.
Sources
- Edradour Distillery: Ballechin 10 Year Old (46 %; predominantly ex-bourbon with ex-Oloroso sherry; at least 50 ppm; unchillfiltered; named after Ballechin distillery closed 1927)
- Edradour Distillery: Ballechin range (heavily peated version of Edradour; phenol content of a minimum of 50 ppm)
- House of Malt: Edradour Ballechin 10 Year Old (46 %; ex-Oloroso sherry and ex-bourbon casks; at least 50 ppm)
- Scotchwhisky.com (Whiskypedia): Edradour Distillery Company (peating experiments from 2003; first Ballechin released 2006)
- The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2890), reg. 3: definition and categories of Scotch Whisky (Scotland, oak up to 700 l, min. 3 years, min. 40 % ABV)
- WHO/Europe: No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health (04.01.2023)