Benromach reviews

When visiting a distillery, one often gets the chance to fill a bottle from a cask in the visitor center. It is no different at Benromach. The sample that I am trying today was filled by Teun van Wel,…

I visited Benromach in the summer of 2010, but since it was a Sunday and the distillery was closed, I did not get to see all that much. The day before we had visited the Gordon & Macphail shop in Elgin…

This is the oldest Benromach I have tried to date and of course from an era that the distillery was not yet in the hands of Gordon & Macphail (because they only took ownership in 1993). It has a wonde…

Benromach distillery is Speyside’s smallest - located on the outskirts of the ancient market town of Forres, in north-east Scotland. Just two experienced distillers passionately hand-craft Benromach…

Nose - Marshmallow, spice and leather jackets. Like a sweet hippy incense. Lovely.Palate - Very silky, oily, it slips around your mouth and almost seems too much but then the flavours come through. It's…

Indeed... Not to be overlooked like many non-age-statement bottlings, I happen to know that the Benromach Traditional is typically a 7 Year Old, bourbon-aged whisky. The "hand selected (bourbon) oak…

Last night I had chance to taste two great Whiskys. Batch 3 (optic barley) was the other.Distilled in 2000 and matured in sherry casks. This is definitely one of those which benefit from drop of water…

Last night I had chance to taste two great Whiskys. Batch 2 (Port pipes) was one of them.This Batch was distilled in 1999. First of Benromach expression that is fully matured in wine cask. Typically for…

More wood than Ron Jeremy. I'll bet this wood is organic too.

The Benromach Origins was made from locally grown Golden Promise barley. Nowadays, distillers prefer barley with a higher yield (like Optic), but Benromach (and The Macallan) use Golden Promise as they…