CCategoriesScotchSingle MaltDecember 22, 2021Consistency in ScoringI propose for discussion a scoring grid.
WCategoriesScotchSingle MaltNovember 23, 2021Whisky Broker Outturn – Heaven Hill, Port Dundas, Benrinnes, and BenriachWhisky is better shared.
CCategoriesScotchSingle MaltSeptember 18, 2021Cognac Cask WhiskiesUsing brandy casks for whisky maturation is going to require a bit more finessing.
SCategoriesScotchSingle MaltAugust 1, 2019Sample Pile Round-upIn which Mark wades through a huge number of recent samples that have arrived on his doormat
BCategoriesScotchSingle MaltFebruary 28, 2019BenRiach Peated Port Cask 2008A new writer gives us a BenRiach.
BCategoriesScotchSingle MaltOctober 29, 2018BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry WoodIn which we question whether or not ‘sherry wood’ as a concept is worth getting excited about.
BCategoriesScotchSingle MaltJuly 1, 2018BenRiach Single Cask Batch 15We sample 5 of the 17 releases from Batch 15 of BenRiach’s never-ending single cask series.
ACategoriesScotchSingle MaltMay 24, 2018A BenRiach DuoTwo new releases from BenRiach move Mark in different ways…
BCategoriesScotchSingle MaltDecember 10, 2017BenRiach Authenticus 30 Year Old & Four Cask Matured 21 Year OldTwo new whiskies from BenRiach – a venerable old peated Speysider, and a new 21 year old that’s been in various wood types.
BCategoriesScotchSingle MaltAugust 31, 2012BenRiach Heredotus Fumosus 12 Year Old (Pedro Ximenez Sherry Finish)BenRiach means speckled mountain. Stretching the “up and down” mountain metaphor to breaking point, it’s had a bit of a history of highs and lows…
BCategoriesScotchSingle MaltAugust 1, 2012BenRiach 16 Year OldEarlier in the month I tried the BenRiach 12 Year Old, which at £25 was a cracking value for money whisky. So continuing my brief..
BCategoriesScotchSingle MaltJuly 1, 2012BenRiach 12 Year OldBenRiach is located in the heart of Speyside, a very industrious part of the whisky world. Even though established in 1898, BenRiach was, until 2004,..