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Not your average port finished whisky, as this 19 year old Benromach has spend the first 16 years in ex-sherry casks. Surprisingly enough it works rather well.
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Happy anniversary to Benromach! Twenty years ago today, the distillery re-opened after a silent period of fifteen years.
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Benromach released a new super rare single cask from 1974, which has spend 41 year maturing in a sherry butt. Is it as good as the recent 35 year old?
8.7
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A review of two particular nerdy releases from Benromach, one matured in Kilk Dried Oak, the other in Air Dried Oak.
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Another Benromach from pre-1983, although it's not completely what I hoped for.
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The first part of my Benromach tasting. We start with a trio of younger ones, alle from after the takeover by Gordon & MacPhail in 1993.
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The new Benromach 10yo will now forever be known as the whisky that brought me 100 points in the Blind Tasting Competition.
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It's really a treat to taste older bottlings like this Benromach 1970 from Gordon & MacPhail, although I can't help but wonder just how good this would've been at cask strength.
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Benromach from before 1983, when the distillery shut-down, is basically whisky from a lost distillery. Nobody regards it as such, which I totally get, but still, I think my reasoning makes sense, no?
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A superb Benromach! This single cask release from a couple of years back ticks all my boxes.
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The first whisky reviewed during the Benromach Extravaganza Weeks is the Benromach 17yo Centenary Edition, bottled back in 1998.
