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Benromach Peat Smoke 2006
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
September 1, 2020 (edited November 9, 2020)
Pours a lovely light straw gold in the glass. (No color added and non chill-filtered.) The nose offers earthy peat smoke, honeyed malt, oak, and a little nuttiness--perhaps walnut. On entry the peat and malt appear first, quickly followed by a little oak peppery note and a touch of salinity. The second sip shows an underlying sweetness to this dram. The finish is rather long and the peat really lingers. At this point there is a clear astringency. Now, trying this with a few DROPS of water a touch of vanilla is discerned, the mouthfeel is softer, and the hint of sweetness is more apparent. Overall a very enjoyable dram. (Price wise it seems over priced. Here In the states I think it tends to run around $80--if you can find it.)
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That would make some sense @cascode I'm glad it's back :)
@ContemplativeFox It is back on the website now, along with some additions to the core-range. I'm sure it was just that the most recent batch of the Peat-Smoke expression was not quite ready at the time the packaging change happened.
I'm surprised they would temporarily remove it @cascode I can see why they might run out of an old age statement, but I guess they misestimated demand for their peated expression in this case.
Good summary - I've enjoyed all the Benromach Peat Smoke exprerssions. I think it is not present in the line-up of OBs at the moment since the brand refresh, but I can't imagine it will be dropped.