Benrinnes 1963 18 Year Old Brown Label Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Stronachie 12 Year Old

On the nose I got orange creamsicle dipped in rum. Other fruity notes of raisins and pears swirled around the glass. There was a very slight hint of peat smoke, a moderate presence of butterscotch, a hint of Band-Aids, and rubbing alcohol. The whiskey was not very bold on the palate, but sweet and smooth with some more butterscotch. This reminded...

Score 75/100

Benrinnes 21 Year Old 1988 Malts of Scotland

While we are working out way through a lineup of Benrinnes, allow me to take an older (well, not that old) bottling from the shelf: a Benrinnes 21 years of age, bottled by Malts of Scotland in August 2009. It is a single cask bottling at cask strength. The nose starts off grainy and grassy. Sweet, as in spearmint. Mashed, green banana. Young...

Score 82/100

Benrinnes 32 Year Old 1988 The Maltman

The Meadowside Blending Company releases their own ranges under the labels ‘The Maltman’ and ‘The Grainman’. This 32 year old Benrinnes was distilled in the year I came of age and was bottled last year at cask strength. The sherry butt still yielded 506 bottles. Boy, will you look at that color! It’s the one but oldest Benrinnes (in maturation...

Score 88/100

Benrinnes 1979 Old Malt Cask

Before I get to the tasting notes, a few notes about the bottle itself. This was a red tagged sale bottle. The seller had bought it from another liquor store that was going out of business. It had been marked down to around half the original price. Distilled in March of 1979, bottled in August 2000. So this has been in various states of storage...

Score 83/100