Benromach 25 Year Old

Benromach 15 Year Old

Benromach distillery is located near Forres in Morayshire and was established in 1898 by the Benromach Distillery Company Ltd, a partnership between Duncan McCallum (then owner of Glen Nevis distillery) and F.W. Brickman, a spirit merchant from Leith. Due to the depression in the Scotch whisky industry the distillery did not start production until...

Score 84/100

Benromach 2004 Peat Smoke

Benromach 2004 Peat Smoke has been matured in ex-bourbon casks and it's ppm level is 53. A citrus perfumed peaty dram with nice sophisticated smoke following in the background. Rarely you get a smoky whisky that feels this smooth. No wonder it's from Speyside... For the record, this was part of our Speyside blind tasting and there had been three...

Score 86/100

Benromach 10 Year Old 100 Proof

Since I did some Macallans yesterday, and a BenRiach earlier today, I thought I'd search out some more Speysiders and found a few Benromachs. I reviewed the standard 10 year old before (which I have a bit left of), but I have two higher strength ones (both also 10 years old) to examine. First is the Benromach 100 Proof, whose ABV goes by the...

Score 94/100

Benromach 10 Year Old

NOSE: straight out of a newly opened bottle - a touch of bacon smoke. Very balanced, complex nose with pears, hint of dry oak, some medicinal note as well. After a short while, hazelnuts, toffee come to the forefront. With a drop of water and some time, I got some delicious custard, nutty, spicy custard at that. Raisins, prunes, cinnamon rolls and...

Score 89/100