Tag Archives: BenRiach
Blog Birthday Bash #5
Today is the 5th birthday of my blog. Almost 1250 posts in, with a couple thousand visitors every month, I’m still having fun doing this. To celebrate, ever since the first birthday in 2010, I invite a couple of friends … Continue reading
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BenRiach 2000, 54.3% – OB for Whisky Weekend Amsterdam 2014
Apart from the general crazes with similar club bottlings and private bottlings, there are always some BenRiachs popping up for festivals and such. (those crazes, by the way: around 2009 everyone bottled Bowmore, two years ago everyone bottled GlenDronach, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000, BenRiach, Bourbon Cask, Speyside, Whisky Weekend Amsterdam
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BenRiach 1989-2011, 20 years old, Virgin Oak Finish, 50.6%
My whisky buddy Martin was kind enough to give me a sample of this when I was at his place on Friday (see this post). We had a way too large whisky menu to go through on a single evening, … Continue reading
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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Blind Tasting Competition 9: Blair Athol 1988, 25yo, 46% – The Ultimate
Yesterday I scored 0 points. It might that the downward spiral has begun, since today I have no clue to what this can be either. Since I barely ever have tasted Littlemill, especially none that were those recent single casks. … Continue reading
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Tagged BenRiach, Blair Athol, Blind Tasting Competition, Highlands, The Ultimate, Usquebaugh Society, Van Wees
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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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Malt Fascination 