Ben Nevis reviews

I must confess I had a soft spot for this distillery long before I began really appreciating the liquid gold. We went to Fort William a few times as kids on family holidays and I’ve had the pleasure of…

I've had this bottle open a couple of months now, but haven't been hitting it hard. Preferring to finish a few other bottles I had open off first. There's about 2/3 of the bottle left. I knew as soon…

Nose: Actually not what i was thinking of when i read ‘sherry cask’. it’s not heavily sherried, more a fruity edge to it. first of all you get apples, baked apples, more like sweet apple sauce, but not…

Nose: Not surprising – but this one’s packed with dried fruit : plum, date, sultana, it has got it all. thick rich, sherry influence, with some winter spice, chocolate, and quite a lot of polished wood…

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…

I was pleasantly surprised with the two new releases by Belgian bottler Brachadair, who previously treated us to some great single casks: Arran, Braeval, Clynelish, Laphroaig, Linkwood and Mortlach. His…

Belgian importer The Nectar celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of quite a few bottles (with a lovely label, I might add). This single cask of Ben Nevis is one of those.Won-der-ful nose on…

The Malt Mates, a Belgian whiskyclub, has secured its first club bottling! They got it from Jürgen Vromans – aka The Whisky Mercenary – who offered them a (part of) wonderful cask of Ben nevis 1996. It…

The Ultimate is a series of single casks from the Dutch bottler Van Wees. We try their 21 Year Old Ben Nevis that matured on a sherry cask. Judging by the color, it was a refill cask. It was cut to a…

Deep in the Highlands at the foot of Britain’s highest mountain, close to Fort William, you will find this Japanese-owned distillery: Ben Nevis. Today I will try a single cask, cut to 48,8% ABV, from the…