Benrinnes reviews

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 in Diageo's stable of ugly stepchildren distilleries, with the likes of Dailuaine, Blair Athol, Teaninich and up to recently Mortlach which got to finally graduate from the class. Of note is the…

The Benrinnes distillery, founded in 1829, was sold to Dewar’s and Sons in 1923. This company became part of DCL, precursor to today’s Diageo, in 1925. The Single Malts of Scotland is a label from Elixir…

In 1896 Benrinnes was ravaged by a great fire and the owners needed some serious reconstruction to get it up and running again. In 1956 it was renovated anew and in 1964 the malt floor was replaced by…

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…

I’ve never had a Benrinnes before, so it was one of the factors in my decision to purchase the Boutique-y whisky company’s advent calendar when it went on sale for half price at the LCBO. I don’t know…

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…

This Benrinnes appeared on the market last year, bottled by The Nectar of the Daily Drams, and is already being considered something of a legendary release. Let’s find out what the fuss is all about. The…

Belgian importer The Nectar regularly selects beautiful single casks. This is one of those from the lesser known Speysider Benrinnes, which appeared in Signatory’s Un-Chillfiltered series, but at cask…

Benrinnes is a workhorse for the blenders and delivers mostly to Johnnie Walker, J&B, Crawfords and the likes. There are hardly any official releases. This single cask was bottled by the Dutch Van Wees…