Tag: ben nevis
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October Black Box
It’s the month of Trick or Treat – and boy did my goodie bag overflow with treats! I’m quite amazed as the variety here: Irish, Danish, American bourbon, and Scotches from a bourbon, sherry, Sauternes, and even a closed distillery! St. Patrick’s • “Cask Strength” • 53% Irish Blend • Bourbon casks • Natural Colour…
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Black Box August
The month of August offered a diverse harvest of 8 blind-tasted drams! Glentauchers • 10yo (2011) • 63.6% • Elixir Distillers Scotch Single Malt • Natural Colour & Unchillfiltered • Part of Single Malt of Scotland Whisky Calendar 2022 Blind tasting notes from a 3cl sample bottle Before reveal Nosing Pastry notes (butter, sugar, and…
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Judging the Jury
The Whisky Jury is the Belgian independent bottling company of a guy called Joeri (the pun is intended). Launching in 2019 with two vintage Ben Nevises and a Caol Ila bottling, they have had a slow but growing success, with over a 100 bottlings to date (including some malternatives). According to their website “We are…
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Le Ben du Nevis
Cheeky me brought some Ben Nevis samples for my three-week trip to Paris. Can’t count on the Parisians to offer a anything other than fermented grape juice for a reasonable price. What to mention about this distillery that I didn’t already? Maybe that around 1/3 of Ben Nevis’s new-make spirit is shipped to Japan to…
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Christmas calendar 2023: second half
It’s time to finish the calendar. One might say, what’s the rush, I missed the Christmas season anyways? Well, I’ve had some bad experiences of whisky samples deteriorating rapidly with time, causing cardboardy off-notes. My hypothesis is that this is mainly related to over-oxidization and that it happens faster in samples bottles in general, and…
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The girl with the clarinet: first tune
I have reviewed quite some Ben Nevises on this blog already (seven!), and as can be seen from the results it often — but not always — hits a special spot with my preferences, earning a ❤️ on three occations. I have longed to own a full bottle of an outstanding BN in the 20+…
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#100 celebration with my friend Ben N.
Time flies and fruit flies. With this post I will be adding dram #100 and beyond to the Index! As good an excuse as any to indulge in a particularly tasty tasting with Mr. Nevis. Ben Nevis distillery lies in Fort William at the foot of Scotland’s highest mountain, named after this famous distillery (if…
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Ben Nevis bottle kills
Tonight (March 4th) I’m finishing off two Ben Nevises. Ben Nevis is one of those character malts sought after by enthusiasts, at least the 20yo+ ones. I remember friends in my whisky club adoring Ben Nevis for it’s “cheesy” qualities. Some of us had the chance, under rather crazy circumstances at a whisky industry event,…
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