Ben Nevis 1965 19 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Ben Nevis 12 Year Old 2006 Hidden Spirits

I don’t believe I have every tried a peaty Ben Nevis. This 12 years old from 2006, bottled at cask strength by the Italian company Hidden Spirits, matured on a heavily peated sherry cask. Not sure what to think of that. And I confess, it’s a dirty brown. Almost looks like rusty water. Well, no time like the present, I suppose. Okay, let me just...

Score 85/100

Ben Nevis 25 Year Old 1996 The Whisky Jury

'Isn't Joeri starting to exaggerate a bit now?', was my first thought when I read that he was going to bring another Ben Nevis to the market. After all, it's already his 6th if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, he probably loves Ben Nevis as much as I love Auchentoshan. And admittedly, so far they have all been excellent, so you won't hear me complain....

Score 90/100

Ben Nevis 6 Year Old 2015 Adelphi

My whisky buddy Manny brought a bottle with him on his last visit. It involved a very young Ben Nevis that spent barely 6 years on a very active 1st fill oloroso sherry butt. The cask still yielded 588 bottles after 6 years, at a devilishly high ABV of 62.2%. Oh boy. Blood sausage! Or black pudding as they say. And not even a little bit. So umami,...

Score 88/100

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old 2010 The Duchess

Best of Whiskies – an online shop in The Netherlands – from time to time also bottles under the banner The Duchess. You may remember the Shieldmaidens series. They have now started the so-called Game & Wildlife series in which they already put out a Glenallachie 1995 and Ardbeg 1995. Today I have a young wine-finished Ben Nevis in my glass....

Score 86/100