Whisky - Ben Nevis 10 year OB 46$
This Ben Nevis uses a mix of sherry and bourbon casks and is far from a standard dram with marked flavours generally of chocolate evident. The distillery is under Japanese ownership and is a pet favourite of mine. According to Colin Ross the distillery manager they don’t use any artificial colouring these days though the whisky is lightly chill-filtered.
Nose: White chocolate ‘’cigar box and a waft of bourbon lime skins.
Pallet: lovely bitter chocolate and sweet tobacco, vanilla and a little orange.
Finnish: bitter coffee coco and a waft of smoke. Robust.
Comments: I’ve loved this particular malt for a few years now and am one of the few people I know that get in to it. Its a rather heavy spirit and not the smoothest around but its taste captivates me and its individual in the same way in which Ardbeg or Pultany has its markers. A special malt for an autumnal evening I can’t bring myself to slip in some water.
Score: 85$
Nose: White chocolate ‘’cigar box and a waft of bourbon lime skins.
Pallet: lovely bitter chocolate and sweet tobacco, vanilla and a little orange.
Finnish: bitter coffee coco and a waft of smoke. Robust.
Comments: I’ve loved this particular malt for a few years now and am one of the few people I know that get in to it. Its a rather heavy spirit and not the smoothest around but its taste captivates me and its individual in the same way in which Ardbeg or Pultany has its markers. A special malt for an autumnal evening I can’t bring myself to slip in some water.
Score: 85$
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