Benrinnes 12 Year Old 1997 Signatory

Benrinnes 17 Year Old 1997 Adelphi

In 1896 Benrinnes was ravaged by a great fire and the owners needed some serious reconstruction to get it up and running again. In 1956 it was renovated anew and in 1964 the malt floor was replaced by a Saladin Box – which in turn was retired in 1984. Today about 95% of the production goes to the blenders – Johnnie Walker is the biggest client –...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes Dun Bheagan - 14 Year Old (1994)

Being in my local pub I knew it was that time. The time to taste a new scotch. On previous visits to the pub I've tasted some Black Bottle, Glenlivet 12y and Oban 14y. The nose of the Dun Bheagan was something complety different from those ones. The nose was not shrill as the other ones but light and fruity, I'd say it has a similar nose as some...

Score 85/100

Benrinnes 14 Year Single Cask 1998 - Master of Malt

The guys over at Master of Malt are quite accomplished independent bottlers and their range of self-titled single cask releases are supposed to be quite delightful. So I was glad to finally make acquaintance with this 14 year old sherried Speysider from Benrinnes. Distilled in 1998 it spent 14 years in a sherry butt before being bottled at 55% as...

Score 90/100

Stronachie 12 Year Old

Many moons ago, there was a distillery in the Highlands by the name of Stronachie. It was founded in the 1890s, but closed again in 1928 by the then owners, St James Export Company Ltd. Around 1950 the buildings were demolished. The label Stronachie was represented by Dewar Rattray since 1890. It was that company, now known as A.D. Rattray, that...

Score 80/100