Ben Nevis 1966 46 Year Old Old Malt Cask #9511 Douglas Laing

Ben Nevis 26 Year Old 1974

This is an ‘old’ Ben Nevis, meaning a distillate from before Nikka took over. You will remember that the Japanese group Nikka (known for Yoichi and Myagikyo) acquired Ben Nevis in 1989. Since then, only a 10 Year Old and blend are marketed. That was quite different before. This is a 26 Year Old Ben Nevis, distilled in 1974 and bottled in 2000. Ah,...

Score 91/100

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old

I'll keep the blab to a minimum, there's not many OB options for Ben Nevis around, most is sold off to brokers or sent over to Japan to undergo a special alchemy that will have it become Japanese whisky. A couple of years ago we we're given a glimpse of the composition of this whisky when the stocks of refill ex-bourbon & sherry cask they...

Score 88/100

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old

Not subtle or especially complex but very enjoyable. A real bruiser of a malt with no punches pulled. Nose: Smoked malt, barley, cereals and peat. Taste: Rich malty flavours with smoke balanced by sherry sweetness. Very robust whisky full bodied. Finish: Long dryer finish in which the smoke and sherry notes linger underpinned by peat

Score 91/100

Ben Nevis 45 Year Old Maltman

This is the oldest Ben Nevis I ever tried. It is no less than 45 years old and was bottled from a sherry cask under the Maltman label from the Meadowside Blending Company from Glasgow. Just like the 42 Year Old from Alchemist, which happens to have the exact same ABV, the nose offers tropical fruit with banana in the lead, but it is a lot less...

Score 88/100