Benrinnes 25 Year Old 1984 Cask 2273 Bladnoch

Benrinnes 17 Year Old 1997 Adelphi

In 1896 Benrinnes was ravaged by a great fire and the owners needed some serious reconstruction to get it up and running again. In 1956 it was renovated anew and in 1964 the malt floor was replaced by a Saladin Box – which in turn was retired in 1984. Today about 95% of the production goes to the blenders – Johnnie Walker is the biggest client –...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes Stronachie 10 by AD Rattray

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. After much digging I managed to unearth some facts. Independent bottlers AD Rattray wanted to re-create spirit from a closed distillery and decided...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes 17 Year Old 1978 G&M Centenary Reserve

The Centenary Reserve from Gordon & Macphail saw the light of day in 1995, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the independent bottler with their HQ in Elgin. I tasted a Caol Ila from this range, which was absolutely stunning. I wonder if this Benrinnes will be equally good. Oh, lest I forget, this is my very first Benrinnes ever! The nose...

Score 79/100

Benrinnes 1978/1995 G&M Centenary Reserve

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 someone finally tasted this one?? --- Description: distilled in 1978, matured for 17 years and bottled at 40.0% ABV in 1995 for G&M’s...

Score 81/100