About Ballechin
(bell-leck-in) Ballechin is the heavily peated single malt produced at Edradour Distillery near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire. The name revives that of the old Ballechin farm distillery, a nearby Perthshire producer founded in the early 19th century and closed in the 1920s. Modern Ballechin began in 2003, after Andrew Symington of Signatory Vintage acquired Edradour in 2002 and expanded the distillery’s range beyond its traditional unpeated house style.
The whisky is made with malt peated to a minimum of 50ppm, giving Ballechin a much smokier character than standard Edradour. Releases are often bottled without chill filtration and cover a wide range of cask styles, including bourbon, sherry, wine and fortified wine casks. The core Ballechin 10 Year Old sits alongside cask strength and limited single cask releases, showing Edradour’s small-scale Highland production through a richer, earthier and more heavily peated style.