Ballechin

Ballechin is the peated whisky of the Edradour distillery near Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands. Edradour's owners, the independent bottler Signatory Vintage, started distilling it in 2003. The name comes from an old farm distillery in the area that closed in the 1920s.

The spirit is made from heavily peated malt in the same small-scale way as Edradour's unpeated whisky. The result is smoky and earthy, with the richness that wine casks often add. Ballechin is made by the distillery itself and is rarely seen from other bottlers.

The core bottling is the Ballechin 10 Year Old, which you may also see listed as 10 Years or 10Y. Beside it come many cask releases, such as aged Bordeaux, Burgundy and bourbon cask editions.

The Straight From The Cask series, often shortened to STFC, gives single casks bottled at cask strength with the cask number on the label. Because each cask is different, these vary in age, strength and flavour, and each one is limited.