Ben Nevis 1992 20 Year Old Sherry Butt #2524 Signatory Un-chillfiltered Collection

Ben Nevis 22 Year Old 1996 Archives ‘Fishes’

Archives is het label under which the owners of Whiskybase bottle and in 2018 and 2019 they bottled two hogsheads of Ben Nevis 1996. Hogshead #521 got a reptile on the label and was shipped to Shinanoya in Japan, hogshead #1862 got a fish and remained in Europe. I am happy to be able to put them head-to-head, ending with the 22 years old for the...

Score 88/100

Ben Nevis 1991 / 23 Year Old / Sherry #2914 / Signatory

Ben Nevis is a distillery near Fort William at the foot of the mountain with the same name. It is, by the way, the highest mountain in the UK with its peak at 1344 meters. In my experience Ben Nevis can be somewhat hit & miss, so let’s see how I like this 23 year old from 1991. It was bottled by Signatory in 2015 in their well-known Cask...

Score 89/100

Ben Nevis 5 Year Old 2015 for Loch Fyne Whiskies

Loch Fyne Whiskies is a Scottish retailer in Inveraray, that also has a shop – albeit a small one – in Cockburn Street in the capital. They regularly bottle casks exclusively for their shops. In my glass is a good example: a young Ben Nevis from a first fill oloroso cask. At cask strength, of course. Tunisian marmalade of dates, thyme, oregano,...

Score 85/100

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old

The Ben Nevis 10 Year Old looks dated in the bottle; the design is the epitome of kitsch, with the torn-paper label and faded watercolour painting on the bottle. I, however, found this endearing. It is a mid-golden-brown in colour with a low-mid viscosity in appearance with a lack of 'legs' forming in the glass. I have had a bottle of this...

Score 49/100