Category Archives: BenRiach
BenRiach 25, 50%
A while ago there was a combination deal on the two regularly available BenRiach 25s, the normal one and the peated one. Of course, that was cause enough for a bottle-share. With me it always takes a while before everything … Continue reading
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Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Speyside, Whisky tasting, Whiskykoning
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Two new bottle-shares
At some point I promised my wife that I’d stop doing bottle-shares for a while. I suck at keeping promises like that. Here’s another two: Irish single malts Irish Single Malt, 12yo, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, 52.9% Irish … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, BenRiach, Undisclosed
Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Irish Whiskey, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, Undisclosed
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BenRiach 2005-2014, 9yo, Peated, Virgin Oak finish, 58.7%
My father in law has a developed a taste for Virgin Oak matured (or finished) whiskies. Over the years he’s gathered a few here and there with the idea of hosting a tasting for us at some point. That hasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, BenRiach, Cask Strength, Peated, Single Cask, Speyside, Virgin Oak
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Two BenRiach cask samples. A Virgin Oak and a PX Sherry
Last year I went to Scotland on holiday. We visited BenRiach distillery, which is a truly great place for any whisky lover. Of course, there were some samples tasted and in this case they came straight from random casks in … Continue reading
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Tagged BenRiach, Cask Sample, Distillery tour, PX Cask, Speyside, Virgin oak cask
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Port & Peat bottle share wrap-up
The only thing I’ve got to do with the Bottle share whiskies of the Port & Peat theme I recently bought, sampled, handed over and tasted is decide which one is my favorite and finish the bottles (read: my own samples). … Continue reading
Posted in BenRiach, Kilchoman, Longrow, Talisker
Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Campbeltown, Carbost, Highlands, Islands, Islay, Kilchoman, Longrow, Port & Peat, Solstice, Speyside, Springbank, Talisker
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BenRiach 17yo, Solstice (batch II), 50%
The final installment of the Port & Peat bottle share and this time it’s a whisky I’ve actually tried before. The BenRiach Solstice has been around for a couple of years and it’s fairly easy to get hold of at … Continue reading
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Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Port & Peat, Port Cask, Solstice, Speyside
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Port & Peat – A small bottle share
A couple of years ago in a whisky magazine, I can’t remember which one, I read an article about port casks being the new sherry casks. The main reason behind this train of thought was that Port still pretty popular, … Continue reading
BenRiach 1969, 40% – Gordon & MacPhail’s Connoisseurs Choice
While BenRiach is rapidly becoming one of my favourite distilleries (as are all that I taste a couple good drams of), it’s always lovely to taste where it all comes from. How whisky from now compare with ones from decades … Continue reading
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Tagged BenRiach, Connoisseur's Choice, Gordon & MacPhail, Speyside, Whisky Auction
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My favourite events of 2013
Looking back at the almost gone year I remember quite a lot of whisky events. Not as many as some years ago when I visited so many festivals I couldn’t even remember them all, but the quality of each individual … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, - Festival, Auchentoshan, Balblair, Balvenie, BenRiach, Brora, Glen Moray, Glenmorangie, Talisker
Tagged Alkmaar, Hans Offringa, Hielander, Highlands, Limburg, Lowlands, Maltstock, Scotland, Skye, Speyside, Whiskyfair, Woodinville
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Blind Tasting Competition 9 – BenRiach 21 Authenticus, 46%
Another post to catch up on the one left missing. Unfortunately, I didn’t taste this one before I spotted what it was on our little forum at http://www.levenswater.nl. I only tasted the Authenticus years ago after seeing it in The … Continue reading
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Tagged Authenticus, BenRiach, Blind Tasting Competition, Peated, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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Malt Fascination 