Benrinnes 12 Year Old Manager's Dram

Benrinnes 26 Year Old 1991 The Single Malts of Scotland

The Benrinnes distillery, founded in 1829, was sold to Dewar’s and Sons in 1923. This company became part of DCL, precursor to today’s Diageo, in 1925. The Single Malts of Scotland is a label from Elixir Distillers – aka The Whisky Exchange. This Benrinnes matured for 26 long years on a bourbon hogshead that still yielded 165 bottles. Sweet and...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes 11 Year Old 2008 Wee Brother Na Bràithrean

Na Bràithrean (say ‘na-brah-rin’) means ‘the brothers’ in Gaelic. You’ve guessed it: this new independent bottler was founded in 2019 by two brother: Andy and Brendan. But they take it to the next level! There releases will also be brothers, meaning they will release them in duos: two whisky’s from the same distillery, same vintage, but from...

Score 87/100

Benrinnes That Boutique-y Whisky Company Benrinnes Batch 2

I'm lucky enough to work for a beer importing company that understands that good beers cost more, so they import boutiquey beers. They cost more, but they're worth it. A while back we started selling whisky through one of our local shops, the selection left entirely in my hands. So I chose whiskies for our shops and it was a huge success, crazy...

Score 89/100

Benrinnes 1974, 21 years Signatory Vintage

Thanks to the generosity of a fellow Connosr member @fiddich1980 I was able to obtain this sample a couple of years ago. It's not often one gets to try a whisky from 70's vintage and I'm glad to get another crack at it. This would have been distilled using barley malted on site and also the year which they switched to partial triple-distillation...

Score 93/100