Ben Nevis 19 Year Old 1992 Un-Chillfiltered Signatory

Ben Nevis 78.40 - Tantalisingly Sweet & Savoury

16yo Ben Nevis aged in a refill Sherry butt. “Tantalisingly sweet & savoury” @55.1% ABV and 1/562 bottles. To smell: Turkish Delight, polished timber floors, chocolate-malt for sure. Finding the sweet spot with some water, this just goes to a different level; milk chocolate, well toasted bread, butterscotch, hay, brown sugar, jaffas. To...

Score 91/100

Ben Nevis 22 Year Old 1996 Archives ‘Reptiles’

Archives is het label under which the owners of Whiskybase bottle and in 2018 and 2019 they bottled two hogsheads of Ben Nevis 1996. Hogshead #521 got a reptile on the label and was shipped to Shinanoya in Japan, hogshead #1862 got a fish and remained in Europe. I am happy to be able to put them head-to-head, starting with the 22 years old for...

Score 86/100

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old 2010 SWMS 78.43 Dark Side Of The Honey Spoon

'Dark Side of the Honey Spoon'... who comes up with these things? That's what the boys and girls of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society do for each of their bottlings, because the name of the distillery is not on the label. Not that it's a big secret, though. This is a 10-year-old Ben Nevis. But 61.9%? Maybe just keep some water on hand. Yes, that...

Score 88/100

Ben Nevis 25 Year Old 1996 The Whisky Jury

'Isn't Joeri starting to exaggerate a bit now?', was my first thought when I read that he was going to bring another Ben Nevis to the market. After all, it's already his 6th if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, he probably loves Ben Nevis as much as I love Auchentoshan. And admittedly, so far they have all been excellent, so you won't hear me complain....

Score 90/100