Blair Athol 8 Year Old 1980s

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 75cl / 40%

A lovely old bottling of Blair Athol 8 Year Old Highland single malt Scotch whisky, released during the 1980s by Arthur Bell & Sons at 40% ABV. This edition carries the prominent “From the House of Bell’s” branding, reflecting Blair Athol’s longstanding importance to the famous Bell’s blend.

Blair Athol is one of Scotland’s older distilleries, established in Pitlochry in 1798 and acquired by Arthur Bell & Sons during the 1930s. As Bell’s grew to become one of Britain’s leading blended Scotch brands, Blair Athol became an important component of the blend, with relatively little whisky released as an official single malt. Bell’s introduced these 8-year-old distillery bottlings during the early days of the modern single malt market.

An attractive example of an early official Blair Athol, presented in the characteristic black, blue and gold livery of the period and offering a glimpse of the distillery’s character before the later Flora & Fauna bottlings became its best-known official single malt releases.

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