Benriach 1984 25 Year Old Peated Tawny Port Finish

Benriach 15 Year Old Dark Rum Wood Finish

This was my least favourite of the 6 malts we had - but I still liked it a lot! Non-chill filtered and with natural colour, so very light, straw. Almost like a light rum, somehow. Nose also brought out that light rum, with tropical fruits (banana) and some vanilla. Bit of a salty sea taste with more tropical fruit, more rum, rather sweet. The...

Score 80/100

BenRiach 7 Year Old 2013 Double-V for Klubb23

This BenRiach was bottled by the new Belgian players Double-V for an equally new Belgian player Klubb23. Funny. It matured for 7 years on a bourbon cask from Koval, that small craft distillery in Chicago, USA. It was distilled on 9th December 2013 and bottled on 10th February of this year. Let’s get to work! The nose is fairly light and at first...

Score 86/100

Benriach 12 Year Old Importanticus Fumosus Peated Port Finish

The colour is a deep copper. On the nose, an excellent intertwining of peat and port - no surprise but it is nice! Pencil shavings, herbal (mint and sage), lots of sea salt. Wet smoke at the campfire. Christmas spices, dates and a hint of rum. Slightly balsamic. Water creates an interesting mustiness from old books. A pleasure. On the palate, the...

Score 85/100

BenRiach 18 Year Old 1996 Malts of Scotland

BenRiach is always a bit of a feast for me. It is a whisky that rarely disappoints. So this 18 Year Old was something I was looking forward to. Very aromatic nose. I have only just poured it and already my nose is filled with loads of fruit (mostly white and yellow), but also creamy beeswax. Creamy and sweet, indeed. It has a mildly tropical side...

Score 86/100