Benrinnes 16 Year Old 1995 Cask Strength Collection Signatory

Benrinnes 17 Year Old 1979 Scott’s Selection

The distillery, founded in 1826, takes her name from the Ben Rinnes, a mountain of 840 meters height. But in the Great Speyside Floods of 1829 it was washed away, so had to be rebuilt completely. The current distillery dates back to 1835. We’ll try an auldie from Scott’s Selection, that was distilled in 1979 but by now has spent more time in the...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes 21 Year Old 1995 The Golden Cask

You only come across a handful of official releases from Benrinnes, but the independent bottlers like it. About 95% of the annual production of this Speysider is intended for the blenders. For example, you can find Benrinnes in the blends of Johnnie Walker, J&B and Crawfords. I managed to put a single cask from 1995 on the lips from the Golden...

Score 87/100

Benrinnes Thompson Brothers 11 Year Old

I brought this bottle via ballot in feb this year for the very reasonable price of £45. In the photo it is the bottle on the right with a bird on the label (it is a capercaillie, which is a reference to the Diageo flora and fauna Benrinnes which has a capercaille on the bottle). This is my second experience with Benrinnes. the first bottle I had...

Score 85/100

Benrinnes 17 Year Old Maltman

Benrinnes is one of the few distilleries to use worm tubs instead of the more common condensors. This makes, dixit Diageo, for a unique character. The lion’s share of the 2,5 million liters produced every year, disappears into their blends Johnnie Walker, J&B and Crawford’s. The Meadowside Blending Company from Andy Hart, was able to put their...

Score 81/100