Benromach 1974

Benromach 1978 19 Year Old

The Rare Malts Selection is a series of bottlings – started in 1995 – from Diageo’s past in which single malts were released from mostly closed or demolished distilleries. But the success was huge so the owners branched out to other distilleries as well. All malts were between 18 and 30 years old, distilled between 1969 and 1981. You can find...

Score 86/100

Benromach Batch 2 (Port pipes)

Last night I had chance to taste two great Whiskys. Batch 2 (Port pipes) was one of them. This Batch was distilled in 1999. First of Benromach expression that is fully matured in wine cask. Typically for them this is very down to earth kind of bottle. Very sweet... only on taste, in spirit it kicks an punch. This is a Whisky for young modern man....

Score 85/100

Benromach 10 Year Old

Still hunting for the perfect summer whisky in preparation of the upcoming hot summer months or as I like to call it "when the land bursts into flame and I melt" Today was a long day at work, full of whisky meetings and beer tastings (yeah I know my life is very difficult) and so I thought I'd crack open another Benromach, but this time...

Score 86/100

Benromach 2002 Peat Smoke

“With no disrespect to Islay we didn’t want to produce a big peaty Islay style whisky. We wanted something with the phenols coming through but retaining the sweetness, softness and the malt’s spiciness. The idea was to create a peated whisky which nodded to the Highlands and to the west coast, but was still unique to here.” Distillery Manager...

Score 86/100