Ben Nevis 14 Year Old Rum Cask Duthies

Ben Nevis 12 Year Old 2006 Hidden Spirits

I don’t believe I have every tried a peaty Ben Nevis. This 12 years old from 2006, bottled at cask strength by the Italian company Hidden Spirits, matured on a heavily peated sherry cask. Not sure what to think of that. And I confess, it’s a dirty brown. Almost looks like rusty water. Well, no time like the present, I suppose. Okay, let me just...

Score 85/100

Ben Nevis 37 Year Old 1970 Adelphi

Look, the fact alone that this was distilled in 1970 is reason enough for me to give it a go. It is my year of birth after all. By now it has spent more than ten years in the bottle… which can be said of me as well (oh, Mark, please). Special about this Ben Nevis is that it’s composed with malt that was produced in pot stills as well as malt that...

Score 89/100

Ben Nevis 15 Year Old 1998 Berrys' Bros & Rudd

Ben Nevis lies at the foot of Scotland’s highest mountain of the same name. It was founded by ‘Long John’ MacDonald, an infamous smuggler, in 1825. There are not many official releases, but all the more independent ones. This is one by Berry Brothers, bottled at drinking strength in 2014. Honeysweet and very fruity nose, close to being candy-like....

Score 86/100

Ben Nevis 23 Year Old 1996 The Whisky Jury

When I first read the announcement that The Whisky Jury would launch a new Ben Nevis 1996, I thought it was a mistake. I had just tried two Ben Nevis from that Belgian bottler. Both his 23 years old from 1995 as his 23 years old from 1996 were great, but apparently Joeri was not yet done with Ben Nevis. Indeed, it was not a mistake, but a third...

Score 90/100