Ben Nevis 1984 25 Year Old Cask 98 35 1 Double Matured

Ben Nevis 16 Year Old 1997 The Whiskyman

My experience with Ben Nevis is rather limited. This is only my eight. The older ones were all truly lovely while the younglings were more hit and miss. This teenager from the Age Matters series by The Whiskyman matured for 16 years on – I presume – a bourbon cask. Ha, guimauve! Always special to find this on the nose of a whisky. Does not happen...

Score 84/100

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old

The Ben Nevis 10 Year Old looks dated in the bottle; the design is the epitome of kitsch, with the torn-paper label and faded watercolour painting on the bottle. I, however, found this endearing. It is a mid-golden-brown in colour with a low-mid viscosity in appearance with a lack of 'legs' forming in the glass. I have had a bottle of this...

Score 49/100

Ben Nevis 20 Year Old 1996 Daily Dram

Belgian importer The Nectar celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of quite a few bottles (with a lovely label, I might add). This single cask of Ben Nevis is one of those. Won-der-ful nose on Caramella Mokatine, marmalade of Seville oranges, toffee, maraschino cherries, roasted malt, nougat and baked banana. Aniseed and cinnamon report...

Score 88/100

Ben Nevis 16 Year Old The Rare Casks Abbey Whisky

A little over a month ago I was contacted by the owner of Abbey Whisky who asked me if I'd like to try a couple new whiskies that he'd just bottled and better yet would I like to try them in a tweet tasting. I'd heard of tweet tastings before, tastings where whisky geeks from all over the world get together at one agreed upon time and try whiskies...

Score 90/100