Benriach 1984 / 23 Year old (Speciality Drinks Ltd)

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Benriach 1984 / 23 Year old
Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
A new release of our acclaimed peated Benriach from the 1980s. Bottled from a single Hogshead at natural cask strength.

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More Details:
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Bottler: Speciality Drinks Ltd
Series: Single Malts of Scotland
Age: 23 year Old
Vintage: 1984
Bottling Date: Apr 2008
Strength: 54.2%
Bottle Size: 70cl
Cask Type: Hogshead
Cask Number: 194
Chill Filtered: No
Number of Bottles: 214
 
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Tasting Notes:

Tasting Notes by WhiskyNotes' Ruben

Nose: clearly a peated version, even though it’s not at all monstrous. Nice dark ashes. Smoked ham. Surprisingly coastal for a BenRiach, with tarry ropes and whiffs of sea air. Nonetheless it’s beautifully balanced with marmalade and honey which makes this one very attractive. Hints of diesel oil. Waves of citrus. Very entertaining.

Mouth: very thick and powerful. Much more peated. Really dark, almost like burnt whisky. Lots of pepper (red chilli even) but again there’s a sweet coating. Finish: a bit drier, with coal and diesel oil. Hints of liquorice.

A high quality peated Speysider, very muscular. I really loved the nose, too bad I find the peat a tad overpowering on the palate. Sold out (around € 75 at the time so great value for money).

Score: 87/100


Tasting Notes by Tim F

Nose:  Butterscotch, lemon, coal tar soap.  Plenty of citrus: there's grapefruit here too.  Faint smoky bacon note, develops medicinal & Fisherman's Friend aromas, wet charcoal, ash.  A lingering (natural) caramel / honeyed sweetness that sets these more savoury notes off rather nicely.

Palate:  Big sooty peat attack, then the fruit arrives, with burnt bacon (in a good way), honey, toast, peppery spices and a hot chilli tingle.  The peat is the dominating characteristic, monopolising attention like a hyperactive teenager.

Finish:  Persistent and warming, with the coal and spices battling it out for your tastebuds' attention.  The lingering residual sweetness is still plugging away almost to the very end.

Comment:  A muscular, big-boned dram.  Fans of our previous bottlings from this batch are unlikely to be unhappy with this.


Brand Info:
Benriach

Benriach Distillery
Benriach is a distillery firmly on the up after an unusual and occasionally difficult past.  The distillery was built just a stone's-throw from Longmorn by the latter's owner John Duff in 1898 - just months before the disastrous Pattison crash, which put the entire Scotch whisky industry in peril.  Many distilleries owed money by the Glasgow blenders went to the wall, never to reopen.  Barely in its infancy, Benriach was mothballed in 1900 - and was to remain silent for the next 65 years.
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