Category Archives: Benromach

Benromach 12, 40%

Posted on 2 November 2018 by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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