Ben Nevis 1996 12 Year Old TKS Bourbon Cask Finish

Ben Nevis 42 Year Old 1966 Alc-Hem-Ist

Alchemist, the label says Alc-Hem-Ist, is the brain child of Gordon Wright, who (together with Mark Reynier and Simon Coughlin) resurrected Bruichladdich. Initially his label received quite some acclaim, but today nothing much is heard or seen from it. Despite the fact that they bottled quite a few beauties, such as this 42 Year Old Ben Nevis. The...

Score 90/100

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 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 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