Benromach 12 Year Old Bottled 1990's

Benromach 1977 vintage single cask #1268

**Nose:** Quite somber with a hefty amount of oak, wood lacquer , pepper and spice, there’s also some dark honey note, as well as conserved lemon, a hint of tobacco leaf and very weak distant note of smoke. **Palate: ** Boom! quite peppery on the entry, with chilly, black pepper, and spice, which quickly gives place to sweeter honeyed notes,...

Score 90/100

Benromach 1969

This is the oldest Benromach I have tried to date and of course from an era that the distillery was not yet in the hands of Gordon & Macphail (because they only took ownership in 1993). It has a wonderful color, thanks to its beauty sleep on refill sherry hogsheads. I am always very curious to whisky that was distilled before my birth. The...

Score 90/100

Benromach 2006 Peat Smoke / Bot.2016

I'm a big fan of Benromach! I adore the 15, the 10/100 is (was) a tour de force and the 10 is, in my humble opinion, possibly the best value ten year old currently available. I've always liked how the peat is integrated into the style so I've been keen to see how it holds up to an eye-brow raising 62ppm. It's also from 100% first fill...

Score 85/100

Benromach 2006 Peat Smoke / Bot.2016

While Benromach has won over many with their old school style malt, it hasn't quite stirred up the frenzy that each Springbank release has caused. It might seem unfair to compare them but I believe them to be related in many ways. Family owned, longer fermentation styles, less automation, good cask policy, both are the distilling arms of...

Score 83/100