Benrinnes 1996 12 años Managers' Choice

Benrinnes 1979 Old Malt Cask

Before I get to the tasting notes, a few notes about the bottle itself. This was a red tagged sale bottle. The seller had bought it from another liquor store that was going out of business. It had been marked down to around half the original price. Distilled in March of 1979, bottled in August 2000. So this has been in various states of storage...

Score 83/100

Benrinnes 15 Year Old

The Benrinnes 15yo Flora & Fauna from Diageo is a very fine whisky indeed. Tripple distilled, this whisky is silky smooth, sweet and exotic. Benrinnes is a very classy whisky and takes a lot of beating. One drawback is the sulphur you may detect on the palate from the first glass. But after a while, when the level in the bottle drops the...

Score 90/100

Stronachie 12 Year Old

Many moons ago, there was a distillery in the Highlands by the name of Stronachie. It was founded in the 1890s, but closed again in 1928 by the then owners, St James Export Company Ltd. Around 1950 the buildings were demolished. The label Stronachie was represented by Dewar Rattray since 1890. It was that company, now known as A.D. Rattray, that...

Score 80/100

Stronachie 12 Year Old

On the nose I got orange creamsicle dipped in rum. Other fruity notes of raisins and pears swirled around the glass. There was a very slight hint of peat smoke, a moderate presence of butterscotch, a hint of Band-Aids, and rubbing alcohol. The whiskey was not very bold on the palate, but sweet and smooth with some more butterscotch. This reminded...

Score 75/100