The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein. Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise. We deliver to a number of international destinations including the USA. Please use the 'Change Location' link above for an estimate in your local currency or find out more about international delivery In the glass, Ballantine’s 17 is caramel-colored. On the nose, it highlights toasted oak and vanilla notes. There is a sweet touch of caramel and milk chocolate, but also some old leather notes. White coffee comes next, with cereal and biscuits. A small memory of lightly smoked malt.

Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates. Ballantine’s stands as the second best-selling scotch blend, right after Johnnie Walker. And it is still there because they are using the recipe for Ballantine’s Finest that started all more than a century ago (or so brand says). They offers a range of age statement whiskies, that go from the a 12 year old to 21 years old. Between them sits this 17, which arouses some interest among Jim Murray’s fans, because he selected it in 2011 as his best whisky in the world. The world's second highest selling Scotch whisky in 2021, [5] it has historically been strong in Southern Europe. [6] History [ edit ] The following indicators should be taken as only a guide and not a set of hard and fast rules. Some "premium" whiskeys really are quite terrible, while some mass market products are good enough to pour into a decanter and serve to the Duke of Edinburgh. A+: A masterpiece and one of the ten best whiskeys of its type. Above five stars. Brooker, Alice (30 June 2022). "Top 10 best-selling Scotch whiskies". The Spirits Business . Retrieved 25 February 2023.In 2006, Sandy Hyslop was appointed as Ballantine's Master Blender – the 5th Master Blender in Ballantine's 180-year history. [ citation needed] Products [ edit ] Five of Ballantine's whiskies, in a photo released by Pernod Ricard Our Service is an online platform which provides Members with information (e.g. bottle facts, market-indices, market values and prices) on (mostly) whisky and allows Members to add information to the platform. We do not sell, nor does the Service provide any option to buy, any alcoholic products. Ballantine’s 17 is a creamy and sweet blend with light hints of smoke. Lowering it to a 40% ABV makes it smoother, easier to drink. Keeping the 43% would have make it stronger and with more character (and I’ve probably would have liked it more). Even though, it goes smoothly and leaves a nice memory on the palate. One of those classic blends that easily transport you to another era.

Each and every Member must be of legal drinking age in its country of residence to be allowed to use the Service. If no such law exists in a Member’s country of residence, the Member has to be over 21 years old to use the Service. We have the right to ask you to provide proof of your age and/or to provide further identification to prevent underage usage and/or for any other legal or legitimate purpose. By using the Service, and by creating an account you represent, warrant and confirm that you are of legal age. The Ballantine's flavour is dependent on fingerprint malts [1] [2] from Miltonduff and Glenburgie, [3] blended with 50 single malts and four single grains. The brand has won many accolades and awards for its products. [4] Ballantine's is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by the Chivas Brothers subsidiary of Pernod Ricard in Dumbarton, Scotland. No partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship is created as a result of your use of the Service. When making a blended whiskey, a 'fingerprint malt' is the underlying single malt whisky used as its flavour base.Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). Strong distribution and the popularity of Scotch whisky in the mid-1980s were key influencers in growth. Ballantine's was named the number one brand in Europe and the third largest in the world in 1986 with the oldest product Ballantine's Finest. In Korea, Ballantine's is the clear number one in the super-premium category with its ever-popular Ballantine's 17 in addition to 21 and 30. In 1988, the Company became part of the global beverage conglomerate Allied Domecq. Olly Wehring, Pernod Ricard lagging [ permanent dead link] Diageo in Scotch despite China leadership - analyst, just-drinks.com, 22 May 2012.