Ballantines Finest whisky was Jim Murray's No Age Statement Blend of the Year with a whopping 96 points! The critic seems to have a real penchant for the brand, awarding the 17 year old expression a similar score. Ballantines Finest is a great all-rounder - easy-going and very flavoursome. A classic blend.
Expressive, crisp barley sugars. Touch of wood smoke, toffee.
Rich and sweet. Barley and caramel, very gentle peat.
Soft and sweet, fudge.
I normally drink single malts and just returned from Scotland where I toured many distilleries. For the money, this is the best blended whisky. All of you who think spending the $ for JWB is a good idea are fools. for that money, buy a decent single malt. JWB is rotgut and disgusting.
I never appreciated Scotch whiskey until I reached my thirties. I tried many scotches but preferred JW black. One day my local Wine & Spirits was out of JW Black, and the manager recommended Ballantines. While I say I will prefer JW Black over it, given the choice, I buy Ballantines every time as it is a very close second. In fact, if I can't have the two, previously mentioned whiskeys, then I won't drink any and instead will drink beer. For what it's worth, a simple, working man's honest opinion based solely on taste and the power of his wallet.
Malo, no puedo rescatar muchos puntos a favor. No recomiendo. Por ese precio hay whiskys mucho (mucho) mejores.
Me,and all my friends love this whisky,we have being drinking this brand for at least 40 years,for this price it is very goooooooood.
Wanted to like this after reading some very positive reviews, but was very disappointed. The old sayin, 'you get what you pay for' is almost always true. It is cheap whisky, but drinkable IF you have no good single malts available (JW Black is a much better blend). Spend another 10 dollars and buy Highland Park 12 . .. a really good whisky.
