Another review today, this time a more usual OB.
This is a much rarer bottling of an OB. You don’t see much Ben Nevis, but when you do, it tends to be independents. Ben Nevis is owned by Nikka, which means that a lot of it ends up being shipped to Japan, as single malt as well as being used in a bunch of Japanese blends (not much of a secret anymore).
Anyway, I’d kept my eye out for this one for a while. Thanks to Rowan for the sample.
Ben Nevis 10 46%
Colour: Gold
Body: Medium/Full
Nose: Sweet and malty, golden raisin, golden syrup, quite Macallan-like actually, quite oily smelling, thick and unctuous. Nice nose, though there are metallic hints at times.
Taste: Thick and oily, sweet with earthy malt backing the fruit coming through, golden raisin and golden syrup, some dried fig, slightly metallic- copper pennies.
Finish: Long length. A little harsher here with some ginger spice and the metallic note coming in stronger.
Interesting whisky! I am learning that Ben Nevis make some good stuff. There's definitely some good sherry casks in here with the quite robust spirit.
74/100
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