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}\n  .twl-spec tr:nth-child(odd) td { background: #ffffff; }\n  .twl-spec tr:last-child td { border-bottom: 0; }\n  .twl-spec td:first-child { font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-spec td:last-child { color: #374151; }\n  .twl-prelim { text-align: center; margin-top: 14px; font-size: 14px; color: #6b6040; font-style: italic; }\n  .twl-commitments { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; padding: 18px 22px; background: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-commitments h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-commitments ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-commitments li { margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 14px; }\n  .twl-commitments strong { color: #1a1a18; }\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc h1 { font-size: 26px; } .twl-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eBALLINDALLOCH 2016, 10 YEAR OLD SINGLE CASK, 1ST FILL BOURBON BARREL\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-subhead\"\u003eScotland's Only Single Estate Distillery · Cask Selected by The Whiskey Lab · Exclusively for the USA · First Time on the East Coast\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e Speyside\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Ballindalloch\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 years\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV\u003c\/strong\u003e 62.0%\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask\u003c\/strong\u003e 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel No. 367\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistilled\u003c\/strong\u003e July 7, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottled\u003c\/strong\u003e September 1, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"twl-hero-label\"\u003eThe Occasion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThree Samples, Three Casks, One Answer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI had been reading about Ballindalloch for years before I met their export manager. What I learned: the distillery opened in 2014 on the Macpherson-Grant family estate, took a decade to release its first whisky, and only reached the United States in \u003cstrong\u003e2025\u003c\/strong\u003e, California only. Then Chicago. Nobody east of Illinois had seen it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey sent three samples from three casks. We poured them for every group we could, blind, and \u003cstrong\u003eevery single group picked this one\u003c\/strong\u003e. So this is the one that crossed the Atlantic, with The Whiskey Lab's name on the label beside theirs. Our first co-branded release with a distillery, and Ballindalloch's first bottle on the East Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBallindalloch is the only true \u003cstrong\u003esingle estate distillery\u003c\/strong\u003e in Scotland. The barley is grown on the estate, malted for the estate, distilled in the estate's stills, matured in the estate's warehouses, and the draff goes back to feed the estate's Aberdeen Angus. Nothing is bought in. Nothing leaves until it is whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the oldest single cask they have sent to America and the only one matured entirely in \u003cstrong\u003efirst fill bourbon\u003c\/strong\u003e at cask strength. Distilled July 7, 2016, bottled September 1, 2026 from barrel No. 367 at \u003cstrong\u003e62.0%\u003c\/strong\u003e, natural colour, non-chill filtered. The other two American casks are sherry. This one shows you the spirit with nothing in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistillery profile, Ballindalloch\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt in a \u003cstrong\u003e1820s steading\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Ballindalloch estate, beside the River Avon where it meets the Spey. The castle has been in the same family since 1546.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpened in \u003cstrong\u003e2014\u003c\/strong\u003e, first whisky released a decade later. Everything is done by hand: wooden washbacks, long fermentation, worm tub condensers, one small team.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTiny output, roughly 100,000 litres a year. Single casks are the only way most people will ever taste it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Whiskey Lab visits the distillery on our \u003cstrong\u003eMarch 2027 Scotland trip\u003c\/strong\u003e. This bottle is the preview.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask profile, 1st fill bourbon barrel\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA first fill American oak barrel gives the spirit everything the bourbon left behind: \u003cstrong\u003evanilla, honey, toasted coconut and soft caramel\u003c\/strong\u003e, without the tannic weight of sherry wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen years at this strength with this much wood contact is a cask that stayed lively. Ballindalloch's long fermentation and worm tubs build a fruity, waxy, slightly meaty spirit, and the bourbon barrel lets all of it through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-verdict\"\u003eGrown, distilled and matured on one estate. \u003cstrong\u003eChosen by every group that tasted it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Now on the East Coast for the first time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBallindalloch Distillery, co-branded with The Whiskey Lab\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhisky style\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpeyside single malt Scotch whisky, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpeyside (Banffshire)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBallindalloch, est. 1824 estate, distillery opened 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJuly 7, 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBottled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeptember 1, 2026, at the distillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1st fill bourbon barrel No. 367, full maturation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e62.0% (124 proof), cask strength\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700 ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExclusively for the USA, cask selected by The Whiskey Lab\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-chill filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-prelim\"\u003eOutturn and tasting notes confirmed when the release lands.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-commitments\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's Quality Commitments\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle Cask:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ensuring a unique profile for each release.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrue Cask Strength:\u003c\/strong\u003e Delivered with the full intensity of flavor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Colour \u0026amp; Non-Chill Filtered:\u003c\/strong\u003e Preserving the authentic character and purity of the whisky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54523219312958,"sku":"TWL-BAL-BALL10-100088","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/Ballindalloch_2016_-_4x5_Transparent.png?v=1790798970","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/ballindalloch-2016-10-year-1st-fill-bourbon-barrel-367-twl-selection","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}