Benrinnes 1994 14 Year Old Sherry Cask #4428 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Benrinnes 17 Year Old 1978 G&M Centenary Reserve

The Centenary Reserve from Gordon & Macphail saw the light of day in 1995, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the independent bottler with their HQ in Elgin. I tasted a Caol Ila from this range, which was absolutely stunning. I wonder if this Benrinnes will be equally good. Oh, lest I forget, this is my very first Benrinnes ever! The nose...

Score 79/100

Benrinnes 21 Year Old 1995 The Golden Cask

You only come across a handful of official releases from Benrinnes, but the independent bottlers like it. About 95% of the annual production of this Speysider is intended for the blenders. For example, you can find Benrinnes in the blends of Johnnie Walker, J&B and Crawfords. I managed to put a single cask from 1995 on the lips from the Golden...

Score 87/100

Benrinnes 26 Year Old 1991 The Single Malts of Scotland

The Benrinnes distillery, founded in 1829, was sold to Dewar’s and Sons in 1923. This company became part of DCL, precursor to today’s Diageo, in 1925. The Single Malts of Scotland is a label from Elixir Distillers – aka The Whisky Exchange. This Benrinnes matured for 26 long years on a bourbon hogshead that still yielded 165 bottles. Sweet and...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes 1978/1995 G&M Centenary Reserve

From Gordon&Macphail’s 1995 centennial celebrations comes our first entry for Benrinnes, a vintage release from 1978. Who on the bottling line would have thought it would take another two decades before someone finally tasted this one?? --- Description: distilled in 1978, matured for 17 years and bottled at 40.0% ABV in 1995 for G&M’s...

Score 81/100