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This BenRiach 1990 was launched last year in Batch 9 of their yearly single cask releases. It matured on a port pipe, which explains the wonderful amber hue. The nose transports me back to my summer…

Whisky from before I was born has a magical attraction which I just cannot resist, when I get the chance to try a sample. This BenRiach was distilled in 1968. The refill sherry cask was filled in 2006…

There are quite a few peated BenRiach out there already. Think Curiositas or Fumosus. Or even the Solstice, for that matter. And then there are also the single casks. This is one of them, from 1979,…

So I tasted this alongside Talisker 10yo and Caol Ila 12yo because these are two of the stronger malts that make up this “Vatted” Malt (now Blended Malt). I thought it would be interesting to see how it…

Bought and opened this bottle on 8/31/2011. It has been at less then half full (with no gas) for well over two years. This tasting was done June 12th of 2013 along side Talisker 10yo and Johnnie Walker…

This is from a 30 mL sample I purchased from Master of Malt. I don’t usually like to review small samples like this because there is so much you just don’t know. The great thing is that it gives a sense…

I have gone through a number of these bottles. There has been some batch variation. I find that even bad batches still have peat (unlike bad Grant batches). The problem with a bad batch of Teachers’ is…

This is from a 375mL bottle I bought in November of 2012. Nose: Very fruity indeed! Tons of bright acidity from citrus brings out the apple and peach. It is like a fruit salad with bright fruits like…

There's been some time now that Glenfarclas and Aberlour have had the young/NAS cask strength sherry-monster partition of the market practically all to themselves with their respective iconic bottlings…

Glenlivet's Nadurra is the most natural bottling in their range, released without chill filtering and at cask strength, a sturdy 54.8% in this case. These two things are definite pluses in my book, and…