Ben Nevis 10 Year Old 1996 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Ben Nevis 23 Year Old 1996 The Whisky Jury

When I first read the announcement that The Whisky Jury would launch a new Ben Nevis 1996, I thought it was a mistake. I had just tried two Ben Nevis from that Belgian bottler. Both his 23 years old from 1995 as his 23 years old from 1996 were great, but apparently Joeri was not yet done with Ben Nevis. Indeed, it was not a mistake, but a third...

Score 90/100

Ben Nevis 37 Year Old 1970 Adelphi

Look, the fact alone that this was distilled in 1970 is reason enough for me to give it a go. It is my year of birth after all. By now it has spent more than ten years in the bottle… which can be said of me as well (oh, Mark, please). Special about this Ben Nevis is that it’s composed with malt that was produced in pot stills as well as malt that...

Score 89/100

Ben Nevis 9 Year Old Single Cask

This expression of Ben Nevis was aged by Murray McDavid in their dunnage warehouses at the now silent Coleburn Distillery. It was initially aged in a bourbon hogshead before spending 3 and a half years in a Premier-Cru (Pouillac) cask. It is bottled at 57.6%. This cask (no.1683) had an out-turn of 324 bottles and was chosen by Tyndrum Whisky, an...

Score 89/100

Ben Nevis 20 Year Old 1996 Daily Dram

Belgian importer The Nectar celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of quite a few bottles (with a lovely label, I might add). This single cask of Ben Nevis is one of those. Won-der-ful nose on Caramella Mokatine, marmalade of Seville oranges, toffee, maraschino cherries, roasted malt, nougat and baked banana. Aniseed and cinnamon report...

Score 88/100