Ben Nevis 1975 30 Year Old Signatory

Ben Nevis 42 Year Old 1966 Alc-Hem-Ist

Alchemist, the label says Alc-Hem-Ist, is the brain child of Gordon Wright, who (together with Mark Reynier and Simon Coughlin) resurrected Bruichladdich. Initially his label received quite some acclaim, but today nothing much is heard or seen from it. Despite the fact that they bottled quite a few beauties, such as this 42 Year Old Ben Nevis. The...

Score 90/100

Ben Nevis 1997 10 Year Old Port Wood Finish

At the time of writing this review, I am the only member of this site to have a bottle of this wonderful whisky in their cabinet. Part of me actually feels quite proud of that! I was lucky enough to be at the Whisky Live show in London in March 2009, and at the time Ben Nevis were there allowing people to try samples of this whisky. They opened 3...

Score 95/100

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

Ben Nevis 37 Year Old 1970 Adelphi

Look, the fact alone that this was distilled in 1970 is reason enough for me to give it a go. It is my year of birth after all. By now it has spent more than ten years in the bottle… which can be said of me as well (oh, Mark, please). Special about this Ben Nevis is that it’s composed with malt that was produced in pot stills as well as malt that...

Score 89/100