Category Archives: Benromach

Benromach 21, 43%

Posted on 27 December 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When typing Benromach I always have to correct it once, because I type BenRomach, like it’s another Speyside distillery some miles south of Forres. Anyway, I never had Benromach on my radar, until they released their previous version of the … Continue reading →

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Benromach 2010-2018, Peat Smoke, Sherry Cask, 59.9% – OB

Posted on 16 May 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A little while ago a friend of mine (RvB) bottle-shared half his bottle and after someone got there first, I took the remaining 25cl. Generally, Benromach is a very solid whisky that works very well with both bourbon and sherry … Continue reading →

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Benromach 12, 40%

Posted on 2 November 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

With my family and I being on holiday in Scotland, in Findhorn, I had to pick some nice drams for the evenings. I might sound weird to bring whisky to Scotland, but with prices there and here, and with there … Continue reading →

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BTC #3: Benromach 2008-2017, 9yo, 59.5% – OB for Whiskysite.nl

Posted on 9 December 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

After a very acceptable score yesterday, to my standards at least, we went in for a non-Highland whisky. Not much of an introduction, since we go in blind… Sniff: I got quite a lot of peat on the nose, but … Continue reading →

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Benromach 1974, 41yo, Sherry Cask, 49.1%

Posted on 13 September 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Finally, I decided to try this baby. G&M/Benromach sent it to me a few months ago, right about when all the other reviews came online. Somehow I’ve not been tasting a lot of whisky lately and I wanted to properly … Continue reading →

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Benromach Sassicaia 2007 (bottled 2016), 45%

Posted on 11 April 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Benromach releases a Sassicaia finished whisky from their warehouses every year or so. They don’t come with an age, but they use a vintage instead. They go with vintages for a lot of the wood finished whiskies, while the older … Continue reading →

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Benromach 2006-2015, 61.8% – Handfilled at the Distillery

Posted on 24 March 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When I was at the distillery in November last year, there was a bourbon cask available for hand filling. This is not that cask. This is the (comparable) cask available at the distillery at the beginning of 2015. The handfilled … Continue reading →

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Benromach 35, 43%

Posted on 15 February 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Little over a week ago I got a nice, but empty envelope from G&M in Elgin. The only thing in there was a description of how nice it would be to taste the new 35 year old Benromach. I expected a … Continue reading →

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The Best Whiskies of 2015

Posted on 30 December 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

So, I had written a lengthy post about selecting the best whiskies of 2015, and how that process works for me. There was a table with my favorite two whiskies per month, and how I narrowed that list down to … Continue reading →

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Benromach Distillery

Posted on 27 November 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Right on the heels of a far longer tasting at Balvenie than we expected we had to go back north to Benromach. It was an hours drive, and we had an hour. And we still needed to grab lunch. Right … Continue reading →

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