McDonald's Traditional Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old

I must confess I had a soft spot for this distillery long before I began really appreciating the liquid gold. We went to Fort William a few times as kids on family holidays and I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the breath-taking views from the summit of Ben Nevis (the tallest mountain in the British Isles, if you didn’t know) on more than one...

Score 88/100

Ben Nevis Wilson & Morgan 1996 16 Year Old

Now we're on to my third (and final) Wilson & Morgan sample. This one comes from Ben Nevis, distilled in 1996 and matured for 12 years in sherry oak (cask #799). Ben Nevis was founded 1825 by "Long John" Macdonald (who inspired the Long John blend). At its height, it was huge, being both a distillery and a sawmill, employing 230...

Score 82/100

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old

Not subtle or especially complex but very enjoyable. A real bruiser of a malt with no punches pulled. Nose: Smoked malt, barley, cereals and peat. Taste: Rich malty flavours with smoke balanced by sherry sweetness. Very robust whisky full bodied. Finish: Long dryer finish in which the smoke and sherry notes linger underpinned by peat

Score 91/100

Ben Nevis 23 Year Old 1995 The Whisky Jury

Hooray, our little country has another independent bottler. Joeri has been working on his project for many months and now he is ready to be discovered. The name The Whisky Jury is well chosen, as he is a jury when it comes to selecting the casks he wants to bottle, but it is also the phonetic version of his first name in English. He enters the...

Score 89/100