{"product_id":"blair-athol-30-year-old-1991-jam-on-toast-wemyss-malts-1-of-273-70cl","title":"Blair Athol 30 Year Old 1991 Wemyss Malts Single Cask Jam On Toast Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2021) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eBlair Athol 30 Year Old (1991) Jam On Toast (Wemyss Malts) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 273 bottles produced from a single cask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis spicy single cask is from the Highland distillery of Blair Athol. Distilled in 1991 and bottled in 2021, this Single Malt is a majestic 30 years old. 237 bottles were produced in this outrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweet rich fruit flavours with a slight savoury edge evokes an array of rich fruits; plum and orange jam with sultanas. Complex wood spices give a peppery and spicy depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSituated in the picturesque town of Pitlochry, Blair Athol Distillery is a major contributor to the Bell`s Blend, one of the most popular blended whiskies in the UK. ‘Jam on Toast’ is an independent release from Wemyss Malts, the Scotch whisky makers owned by the family of the same name. Distilled in 1991, the spirit spent 30 years in a first-fill sherry hogshead and was bottled at 50.6% ABV. It offers rich fruit flavours, with a slightly savoury edge and a spicy finish. Only 237 bottles were produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eAbout Blair Athol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA member of the ‘nutty-spicy’ camp which defined the old Bell’s distilleries, Blair Athol takes the first part of the descriptor to its boldest expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCloudy worts and a short fermentation time give the nutty base, but it is distillation which adds real weight to the distillate. A controlled level of solids coming across in the wash still add a rich, deep, malt-loaf character to the new make. It is this character which allows it to show so well in ex-Sherry, although for blending purposes the majority of the make is destined for ex-Bourbon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe central Perthshire town of Pitlochry sits on the banks of the River Tay and has had a distillery since 1798, making its plant one of the oldest legal whisky-making sites in Scotland. The original distillery was named Aldour after the burn which supplied it with process water, but changed its name to Blair Athol [after a village seven miles to the north] in 1825. This could conceivably have been to sweeten the Duke of Athol who owned the land\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt became part of the Peter Mackenzie blending house in 1886, but like many distilleries suffered during the economic troubles of the 1930s and fell silent between 1932 and 1949. In the interim period however Mackenzie (and its estate, which also included Dufftown distillery) had been bought by Perth-based blender, Arthur Bell \u0026amp; Sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the 1970s, Bell’s was being built into the UK’s top-selling blended Scotch and, as a result, Blair Athol was doubled in capacity. Guinness (which bought Bell’s in 1985, and after further mergers evolved into Diageo) opened a visitor’s centre in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an attempt to tap into the then infant single malt market, Bell’s bottled it as an eight-year-old in the 1980s, but in the Diageo era it has only appeared as a member of the Flora \u0026amp; Fauna range (at 12 years of age), matured in first-fill ex-Sherry casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50.6% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blair Athol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54686721016133,"sku":"00133","price":270.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4219514719.jpg?v=1746546303","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/blair-athol-30-year-old-1991-jam-on-toast-wemyss-malts-1-of-273-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}