Benrinnes reviews

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…

At the foot of the Ben Rinnes Mountain you’ll find this distillery of the same name. Founded in 1826, completely washed away in the 1829 Great Speyside Floods and rebuilt in 1835, this is a lesser known…

Benrinnes is a whisky you don’t see very often. It is one of those anonymous work horses for Diageo that produces bulk malts for blends like Johnnie Walker, J&B, Crawfords and the like. There are just…

From Gordon&Macphail’s 1995 centennial celebrations comes our first entry for Benrinnes, a vintage release from 1978. Who on the bottling line would have thought it would take another two decades before…

Benrinnes distillery was established in 1826 and is located in Aberlour in Banffshire. A flood destroyed the distillery in 1829, and it was rebuilt in 1835. Ownership of the distillery changed a number…

Master of Malt, apart from being a fine whisky shop, are quite accomplished independent bottlers too. I've tried a number of their offerings and they seldom disappoint.With Darkness! they've decided to…

I was on a bit of a shopping spree when I came across this funny sounding whisky. What's a Stronachie? I asked my self. Never heard of it. Tried to do a bit of research but there was precious little…