Benromach 2008 Single Cask Specially Bottled For Whiskybase 18 yo

 

 

 

59,1°

Distillery : Benromach - Speyside

1st Fill Bourbon Barrel

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2026

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Peated around 12 ppm 

 

 

 

It’s always nice to see a cask specially bottled for you. Here, this Benromach aged for 18 years and two days exactly in a 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, yielded 229 bottles, which will be sold exclusively on the Whiskybase Shop, the largest whisky bottle referencing site in the world. 

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

It is fresh, iodized and cereal-like, with a slight dusty peat that adds spice to the whole. Fresh lemon slices, creamy vanilla, runny caramel, butter toasts, ripe yellow plums. Vendée brioche, grilled bark. A pinch of salt. On the palate, it’s oily, flan with eggs, pastry cream, fried bacon, salted butter caramel. A few fruits too, but the spices settle in, white pepper, cloves. Long finish, grainy and explosive, sweet, liquorice, wild honey, fondant toffee, blond tobacco, roasted nuts. 

 

In Short, 

A classic Benromach, quite recognizable, with a beautiful maturity, light peat, honey and brioche, yellow fruits, cereals, everything you can expect from such a distillery at this age. Given the age, the price didn’t seem excessive to me. Since it’s a very classic bottling, fans of the profile should be delighted. 

Score : 88+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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