Benromach 2000 Origins 3 Optic Barley Sherry Casks

Benromach 10 Year Old 100 Proof

Since I did some Macallans yesterday, and a BenRiach earlier today, I thought I'd search out some more Speysiders and found a few Benromachs. I reviewed the standard 10 year old before (which I have a bit left of), but I have two higher strength ones (both also 10 years old) to examine. First is the Benromach 100 Proof, whose ABV goes by the...

Score 94/100

Benromach 10 Year Old

The reviewed sample was compliments of @Nock, from a bottle opened 8 weeks ago, and approximately 80% full Nose: very pleasant medium-sweet peat of strong intensity; slight grapey wine flavours; relatively fragrant underlying malt; some high-pitched crystalline sugar. This is mellow, yet with sufficient strength of flavour...a good solid nose ...

Score 86/100

Benromach Cask Strength (First Fill Bourbon)

This is a sample from @Nozinan of a 10 year old cask strength Benromach. The colour is a light pale straw - completely different and much lighter than either the standard 10 or the 100 Proof. On the nose it's high alcohol with pear, light peat, jasmine and kumquat. Rather medicinal. Very citrusy - lots of lemon pith. Freshly mown grass. Fresh...

Score 77/100

Benromach 15 Year Old

To those of a similar vintage to me you may remember the character Man-E-faces from He Man. This whisky makes me think of him as it is such a changeable one and is so hard to pin down. Like @wierdo with the Springbank CS 12, I've gone through nearly half a bottle and it's hard feel you ever have a true picture of what it's all about. His...

Score 91/100