Benrinnes 1992 19 Year Old Cask #7232 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Benrinnes SMWS 36.58 - Chilli porridge sprinkled with flowers

Benrinnes in Aberlour has gone through many changes since the original distillery was founded in 1826. Firstly, in 1829, it was swept away in a flood. In 1834 a new distillery (the Lyne of Ruthrie) was built a few miles away. A bad fire occured in 1896; then completely rebuilt in the 1950s. Interestingly, with its six stills, it does a partial...

Score 83/100

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 23 Year Old 1995 Signatory for Jan Vissers

This is already the fifth edition in Jan Vissers’ so-called Italian Car Series. Yes, Jan has a soft spot for Italian race cars. The label sports a so-called ‘Sharknose’, a Ferrari 156 that Belgian racer Willy Meiresse drove to victory in the 1962 Grand Prix of Naples. It’s a single hogshead that was put to sleep on 17th October 1995 and bottled at...

Score 87/100

Benrinnes 1974, 21 years Signatory Vintage

Thanks to the generosity of a fellow Connosr member @fiddich1980 I was able to obtain this sample a couple of years ago. It's not often one gets to try a whisky from 70's vintage and I'm glad to get another crack at it. This would have been distilled using barley malted on site and also the year which they switched to partial triple-distillation...

Score 93/100