Benromach 1968

Benromach 10 Year Old 2001 Distillery ‘Fill your own’

When visiting a distillery, one often gets the chance to fill a bottle from a cask in the visitor center. It is no different at Benromach. The sample that I am trying today was filled by Teun van Wel, Dutch whisky aficionado and self employed travel agent. Teun filled his bottle with number 62 on 28th April 2011. It came from bourbon cask 98,...

Score 86/100

Benromach Origins

The Benromach Origins was made from locally grown Golden Promise barley. Nowadays, distillers prefer barley with a higher yield (like Optic), but Benromach (and The Macallan) use Golden Promise as they feel it adds a specific character to the spirit. I tried the first Batch of the Benromach Origins, bottled in 2008. The nose gives away the sherry...

Score 80/100

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 Château Cissac Bordeaux Wood Finish 2010

Another new Benromach wine finish is upon us with the release of Château Cissac Bordeaux Wood Finish 2010. Benromach are in the habit of releasing wine finished editions of their younger whiskies, such as last year’s Sassicaia 2009 , Hermitage 2007 and so on. The latest addition to its Wood Finish portfolio with the launch of the...

Score 85/100