I’d like to thank Bladnoch for giving the Toronto Whisky Society three bottles of Pure Scot Blend to review. While we was given this bottle for free, please note that these reviews are my own, we keep 100% editorial power over them.

Bladnoch distillery is one of the few Lowland distilleries left. And recently went through a change. David Prior, an Aussie with a love of Scotch (and waves, stretches, early mornings, and clouds), bought the 200 year old distillery in 2015.

Pure Scot is the first change seen with the whisky, made not solely with Bladnoch as the single malt, also containing Speyside, Highland, and Islay malts, as well as grain whiskies. This is made as the Perfect Cocktail Companion.

However there’s some people out there (myself included) who wonder if that’s downplaying the whisky. Or rather, if I call something a whisky made for cocktails or mixing, is…