Ben Nevis 1993 17 Year Old Un Chillfiltered Collection Signatory

Ben Nevis 6 Year Old 2015 Adelphi

My whisky buddy Manny brought a bottle with him on his last visit. It involved a very young Ben Nevis that spent barely 6 years on a very active 1st fill oloroso sherry butt. The cask still yielded 588 bottles after 6 years, at a devilishly high ABV of 62.2%. Oh boy. Blood sausage! Or black pudding as they say. And not even a little bit. So umami,...

Score 88/100

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 5 Year Old 2015 for Loch Fyne Whiskies

Loch Fyne Whiskies is a Scottish retailer in Inveraray, that also has a shop – albeit a small one – in Cockburn Street in the capital. They regularly bottle casks exclusively for their shops. In my glass is a good example: a young Ben Nevis from a first fill oloroso cask. At cask strength, of course. Tunisian marmalade of dates, thyme, oregano,...

Score 85/100

Ben Nevis 16 Year Old 1998 Old Particular

Deep in the Highlands at the foot of Britain’s highest mountain, close to Fort William, you will find this Japanese-owned distillery: Ben Nevis. Today I will try a single cask, cut to 48,8% ABV, from the stables of Douglas Laing. The spirit was distilled in May 1998 and bottled in November 2014. The nose is very sweet. Toffee, caramel and...

Score 83/100