Benromach 10 Year Old

@OdysseusUnbound , whenever I see one of your "short version" reviews up here, I go straight to your blog to read the long-form fun version. Always good stuff. "Much like Pam Beesly"—ha!

But note that the 100 Proof version is 57% ABV, not 50%. Its called "100 Proof" in the UK, where it uses the UK proof system. On this side of the Atlantic, it's called "Imperial Proof" and is still 57%

I like your review. I also like this whisky. And I can attest it tastes better in the glass than it smells on the pavement of a friend's house where my first bottle ended up (see my review).

I agree it would be nice at 6% but to be fair it is a great whisky at 43%, and something to reach for when I don't want complete sensory overload.

The 100 Proof (called Imperial Proof in the US) is fantastic, but priced a little higher at the LCBO than I would like to pay for a 10 YO non-CS ($117), especially when available for $89.00 in Nova Scotia.

Luckily I have a spare, and would very much appreciate an excuse to open it and do a H2H. Perhaps if an educator were to visit Toronto...

@OdysseusUnbound, lovely review. Thanks.

That Benromach 10 100 proof is at the British Imperial 100 proof, or a tad over 57% ABV.

One highly questionable statement is about the most expensive whisky-buying jurisdiction in the world. I think that Ontario might have to go 15 rounds with Australia to determine the "champion" in that category.

@Victor I'll see your Australia and raise you a British Columbia. The Benromach 10 is $104.64 Cdn here. That's $90.99 plus 15% tax. They had the Tamdhu 10 on sale here last month for $80 plus tax down from $90 plus tax. This month it is up to $95 plus 15%tax. I think we can claim the dubious honour of being the most expensive liquor jurisdiction on the planet. Lately I have been getting most of my whisky from Alberta or Oregon where I have a very helpful sister-in-law.

@OdysseusUnbound I agree with every word of your review...except the expensive bit. See above ;-)

Cheers.

Thanks for the corrections all. I'll update my blog. I'm willing to see a H2H between Ontario and Australia...but in fairness, Australia is farther from Scotland than Ontario, so the shipping costs are higher. If Benromach 100 Proof is $89 in NS, I may have to look for it when I'm there in early August.

@BlueNote Is that price for the 10 100 proof? Tamdhu 10 is $90....and Benromach 100 proof, well, just have a look

@MadSingleMalt Thanks for the blog hit. That "views" counter makes me happier than something as trivial as a whisky blog should. But then, most people I know irl don't care a whit about scotch, bourbon or Canadian whisky. "It all tastes the same" they say. HERESY!!!!!

@OdysseusUnbound 'Fraid not. That's for the 43% one you reviewed. The provincial government here needs all the money it can squeeze out of us for building dams on the Columbia River and bridges over the Fraser River. They need to start taxing the hell out of weed and give us poor maltheads a break.

@OdysseusUnbound , are cheapo scotch blends also super expensive in Australia? (Or how about Scottish shortbread? )

If not, then shipping costs are not the culprit.

If you are talking the prices of malt whisky in Australia, then you need to include that the domestic prices for malts made at the 12+ Australian malt distilleries are quite expensive, never mind the prices for imported whiskies.

Canada at least allows mass market Canadian whiskies to be sold at prices most Canadian citizens can afford to pay.

@Victor But who in their right mind wants to drink "mass market" Canadian whisky (e.g. Wiser's Deluxe or Special Blend, Canadian Club) ?

@MadSingleMalt Yup. Teacher's is $42 AUD while it is $26 CAD and both curencies are about equivalent.

@OdysseusUnbound Re: mass market Canadian swill; you've got a point there my friend. Any higher end Canadian is in the same price league as Scotch single malt.

@BlueNote, @OdysseusUnbound, ah, but Australian malts typically cost twice the price of high end Canadian products. Do I know an 'average' domestic Australian malt price? No, but I will bet that it is more than $ 100 AUD, a price extremely rare for any Canadian whisky.

Hopefully we will get some Aussies into this conversation when they wake up in 3 or 4 hours.

@Victor The Land Down Under, where women glow and men plunder. Where beer does flow and men chunder. (Apologies to Men at Work).

My Australian cousins will be up soon and tucking into some Vegemite on toast and a couple of tubes of Foster's for breakfast.

@OdysseusUnbound that's $89 tax INCLUDED!

@BlueNote I prefer marmite.

@Nozinan That's what the English/Scottish cousins have for breakfast (if they're not having eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, baked beans, tomatoes, haggis and black pudding).

@BlueNote , don't forget the whisky.

When I was in England, marmite came with all of the above (except the whisky)

@MadSingleMalt @Nozinan I'm trying to think of a good breakfast whisky. Something light, like An'Cnoc 12. Or maybe just a can or two of Lancaster Bomber Ale to start the day. Probably best to stick to a good, stiff pot of Yorkshire Gold tea.

@BlueNote Dalwhinnie 15 is a nice breakfast whisky. Or Irish breakfast tea with Irish whiskey. Best use I've found for Jameson or Bushmills.