Banff reviews

Oh, look now, my 10th Banff. This Speyside distillery closed its doors in 1983 and has since been demolished. There's only one official bottling, the 21-year-old from 1982 in the Rare Malts Selection,…

In times of COVID-19 it’s probably harder to find toilet paper than it is to find a single malt from Banff, which explains this is only the 8th I try. This Speyside distillery closed its doors already…

The Banff distillery has been silent since 1983. Official bottlings are few and far between. This is one of them: the Banff 1982 in the Rare Malts Selection, bottled in 2004. This is only my 7th encou…

Banff one of those distilleries almost entirely scrapped from the Speyside annals, widely loved by those who got a taste, but so much more obscure than many other of her lost contemporaries. To put it…

Even though the prices of expressions from silent distilleries are hitting the ceiling I don't think anyone will ever miss a chance to sample a piece of whisky history. Banff is a distillery that has…

Sipping on a closed distillery is always something special. It give you a chance to savor something forever lost in time. Something that won't be made again.Good or bad it's an experience I cherish. And…

Banff distillery was established in 1824 by James McKilligan & Co. on the west side of Banff Bay in Inverboyndie, a small village about a mile west of the town of Banff itself. In 1837 the distillery was…

Banff is one of the distilleries that did not survive the big closing round in 1983, executed by Diageo. So this is not a whisky that you encounter often. So far, I have only tried two myself; a 37 Year…

Cadenhead, under the impulse of Mark Watt, has just released a new series named Small Batch. He returned to the old fashioned look that Cadenhead employed in the late Sixties of last century. I love that…

Banff distillery was established in 1824 by James McKilligan & Co. on the west side of Banff Bay in Inverboyndie, a small village about a mile west of the town of Banff itself. In 1837 the distillery was…