Ballantine's 17 Year Old 60th Anniversary Ceramic syrups

Ballantine's 17 Year Old 60th Anniversary Ceramic syrupsAn old black ceramic decanter of Ballantine's 17 year old dating most likely from the 1980s or very early 1990s when the remarkable (some might say inexplicable) trend for bottling whisky in pottery was at its peak. This 75cl ceramic jug was one of several of these two handled decanters that were bottled in different colours predominantly for export markets. The whisky itself was bottled at 43% and would have been distilled most likely in the late

dark cherries

Key characters include honey and caramel

light smoked tobacco

Nose: Smoky aromas with hints of crème anglaise

Palate: Cedar wood

I never smelled an old blended whisky like this before

Deeply coloured

made with a blend of malt whiskies distilled in 1992

but above all it will have special flavors and aromas

If you get the chance to try it

This wine is grown in the foothills of the Andes

slightly spicy notes of gin