New Zealand : buy Adephi Private Stock deluxe blend here
Netherlands : buy Adephi Private Stock deluxe blend here

I always think of Scotch Whisky drinkers, or at least those that appreciate the premium blends and single malts, as discerning consumers. But not everyone knows about the small-batch blends that are considered the ones to have here in Scotland.

Baillie Nicol Jarvie (or BNJ), is one; Asyla from John Glaser’s Compass Box Whisky is another. Earlier I introduced Te Bheag the first unchilfiltered (read as equals more flavour) blend , although even in the UK this is not always easy to find. Now here’s a fourth, from one of the great single cask bottlers of Single Malts, Adelphi.

Adelphi was started in 1993 by Jamie Walker in Edinburgh using the name of the Adelphi Distillery that had previously been in the family (more history here).

While he specialised in his Single Malts, he also created the Adephi Private Stock deluxe blend - and Jamie always joked that he would always have to keep the blend going because it had become a favourite of his grandmother - and she had become one of it’s main clients!

Why abandon your favourite big brand blend for one of these less known blends from smaller companies ? Some, but not all, of the famous blends can certainly stand alongside these niche blends for quality, but what they cannot do is provide what some people look for - something just that little bit different from what everyone else has.