Benromach 2001 Hermitage Finish

Benromach 10 Year Old

On May 28 I bought a bottle of this Scotch with a gift card and brought it to a dinner party. No one wanted any and the hosts don’t drink whisky so I was given it to take home. It promptly fell out of its box and smashed on the driveway. I hadn’t planned on tasting it as I was driving. But then having been given the bottle (with the expectation...

Score 88/100

Benromach Origins Batch 4: Port Pipes

I've been playing around with the Benromach range lately, most recently enjoying a 30 year old Benromach that was just lovely. And then a couple of days ago more whisky toys arrived, specifically a Benromach Port Pipes...how awesome does that sound!? A Speyside whisky, 10 years old, mildly peated (8ppm) and then finished in Port barrels....well to...

Score 86/100

Benromach 15 Year Old 2003 Whisky Festival Gent 2018

Every self-respecting whisky festival has its own festival bottling. For the 15th edition of the International Whiskyfestival in Ghent a first fill bourbon barrel was selected from the warehouses of the Speysider Benromach. Only 187 bottles were available at the festival, bottled at 58.6% cask strength. A fresh nose that brings the spring into my...

Score 86/100

Benromach Traditional

I've not been able to write as much as I would have liked to lately, with exploding computers, dying email and a sick wife. The most difficult part has been the sick wife. See the thing is that my lovely wife takes part in my whisky reviews, pointing out some hilarious observations about the different whiskies that I enjoy, observations such as...

Score 75/100