So for awhile now I have been on and off with Ben Nevis. I hard heard of variation in what you got, that it was big in Japan (so you were competing with richer, more experienced whisky nerds), and that sometimes, just sometimes, it didn’t really work. So when I was told that we could have a Ben Nevis as a future pick for Toronto… Continue reading 6 Ben Nevis Reviews
So far we’re over a week into the Advent samples that I’ve been doing, and with this being Advent Day #8, we’ve had a few surprises, yet nothing overly epic. Well, that’s about to change because my wife’s drunk “order” by Abv. is ramping up. I have been adding drops of water to pick apart more notes, as I always do. Now, more than ever,… Continue reading Ben Nevis 20 1996 Sansibar
Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me a sample while everyone else drank wine. I’m not a wine drinker. And previous to this, I offered to pour a sample to review for a friend. Now that it’s done, and wine’s wasted on me, and the board games are flowing, it’s time to have something I’ve been looking forward to. Ben Nevis was purchased in the past few decades.… Continue reading Ben Nevis 21 1996 Cadenhead Single Cask
By now most of you have read somewhere that Ben Nevis was hit or miss. And then in 1996, they were bought out, and someone decided to only make hit whiskies. Makes sense when you think of it. But there’s a lesser known thing to discuss before we talk about Ben Nevis 21 1996 The Whisky Agency Heads & Tails. It’s the label. I hope I… Continue reading Ben Nevis 21 1996 The Whisky Agency Heads & Tails
Thanks to /u/boyd86 for bringing this dram to our latest tasting (that I’ve written up). I will now try and explain the current situation of buying alcohol in Ontario. Please don’t leave. (cue Bush clip of “Please clap” here). I’m topical. Okay, so back in 1916, Ontario kept up it’s Tsundere love of the US by implementing Prohibition of Alcohol. Which ended up lasting until 1927,… Continue reading Ben Nevis 18 The Maltman
I think at this point, rather than celebrating my overall numbers hitting a particularly high amount with many zeros, I may start trying to review something interesting when the specific regions hit a high amount. Granted that could become extremely hard, so let’s just assume I did that for this recent 50th Highland Whisky review. Nothing to see here, just a smart reviewer who didn’t… Continue reading Ben Nevis 10 (cask 334) White Port Pipe Matured
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