Benriach 1994 13 Year Old Heavily Peated Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection

Benriach 12 Year Old Heredotus Fumosus Pedro Ximinez Peated

BenRiach has classic Speyside style and Wood Finished whiskies, but the latter also come in peated versions. There is the Heredotus Fumosus (Sherry finish), the Importanticus Fumosus (Tawny Port finish) and the Arumaticus Fumosus (Dark Rum finish). I tried the 12 Year Old Heredotus Fumosus, that matured on American ex-bourbon casks before getting...

Score 87/100

BenRiach 14 Year Old 2008 Art Malts

Art Malts, aka my good friend Steven Ver Eecke, does it again... only 36 bottles of this 14-year-old BenRiach saw the light of day. And will you look at that color! This is from a bourbon barrel, mind you. Amazing. I got to taste it in preview at the cozy festival When Whisky Meats BBQ (no typo). I hurried to order it. Enjoy! Chewing tobacco,...

Score 87/100

Benriach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood

Convergences. Gotta love 'em. In this case, great reviews, an attractive profile, and an astonishingly fair price from our local population-fleecing institution (the LCBO), converged to compel the purchase of this fine whisky. Without hyperbole, my favourite sherry matured whisky to date (or a close tie, at least, with Glenfarclas 17). Nose: very...

Score 90/100

BenRiach Benriach 22 Year Old Dark Rum

This 22 years old BenRiach appeared in the so-called Wood Finish Series. It has brothers on PX, Madeira, Claret, Burgundy, Rioja, Moscatel, Gaja Barolo, Sauternes and Tawny Port, but I wish to try the one finished in Dark Rum Casks. The rum is unmistakable on the nose. Sugar cane, dark berries, vanilla and lots of mokatine. I really like the smell...

Score 84/100