jacobhayman
Benromach 15 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
April 16, 2019 (edited October 2, 2020)
Representing speyside findhorn river
Nose: malty, light peat and smoke, oak, orange cream, caramel sneaks in later. Later more sweet fruit. Sweet and smoky. Mmmm later a little burnt caramel.
Body: smooth, firm, medium and oily
Palate: yum! Starts with oak, fruitcake and vanilla cake. Slight cinnamon spice
Finish: Love love love the late smoke, reminds me of a springbank 15 in that manner. Medium, warming.
Note: really well balanced fruity sherry nose with sweet bourbon and smoky finish. This is excellent! Really easy to drink but has complexity that slows you down to appreciate it. Yum.
9/12/20: update won whiskey of the year 2020 whiskey exchange, 2018 gold medal spirits spirits selection, 2018 world whiskey awards best scotch speyside single malt
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@SolanaRoots - just paid 119.00 usd NH state liquor store
@KRB80 NICE!!!
@jacobhayman Its a beauty, imo. Review to come at some point in the near future.
@jacobhayman. I Def will. ...and you won’t get an argument outta me vs any Springbank release. :)
@KRB80 tell me what you think. As you can tell I really liked this dram but I think I liked the springbank 15 a bit more, which is exceptional.
Nice review. After Springbank, Benromach is probably my favorite distillery. Even so, I have yet to try the 15 out due to the price and me being an ABV snob. However, I found a place that has it for $80 so will be picking up a bottle tomorrow to give it a spin.
@SolanaRoots I can’t exactly remember how much I paid but I’m fairly certain it was over a hundred. I want to say in the 150 range, not cheap but man so good... I feel like it was worth it.
@jacobhayman Right on. I had a bottle of the Benromach Organic recently that I thoroughly enjoyed. What price point was a bottle of the 15yr?
@SolanaRoots I had been reading about this, was a little hard to find but so so worth it. Delicious.
Outstanding! This review has me scouting out a bottle of Benromach 15 in my immediate future