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Adaminak

BenRiach Curiositas 10 Year

Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland

Reviewed January 18, 2022 (edited August 28, 2022)
4.25
4.25 out of 5 stars
The nose...Man is that interesting! It's peat without question, but carried aboard an undercurrent of freshly turned, really old, really rich soil, a blast of burning rubber, coal, and then the smell of a chalkboard eraser. An old car junkyard, in the south, in the middle of the summer. Most of the smells carry over to the palate and smoke, earth, gunpowder and grass are predominant with just a dash of salt to keep from getting too dirty. Finish starts with that burned rubber (not at all objectionable in this case) which turns to roofing tar and then a blast of fresh cut hay before fading to smoke.
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  • Jan-Case
    February 18, 2022

    I agree. The new “Smoky Ten” replaces this one with nearly exactly the same whisky. I like the new one even slightly better and I already love the Curiositas.

  • cascode
    February 17, 2022

    One of the best contemporary BenRiach’s IMHO - certainly the best value.

  • Ctrexman
    February 16, 2022

    Like all the oily notes...agreed this is good stuff

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