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Ben Nevis Distillery was founded in 1825 at the foot of the famous Ben Nevis mountain near Fort William in the Highlands. The distillery first produced single malt for bottling under the Long John Dew of Ben Nevis label, later on all single malt went in the popular Long John blend.
Ben Nevis has been closed a number of times in the 20th century. The last reopening was in 1990. In addition to the pot stills, the distillery also had a continuous still with which grain whisky was made for some time. Ben Nevis was in that period one of the few whisky producers who could release a 'single blend'.The Ben Nevis single malt has become an established whisky nowadays. There are also many independent Ben Nevis bottlings.
The Taiwanese bottler The Whisky Blues already scored 90 points with a Ben Nevis bottling from 1996, now they released a Ben Nevis from 1995. The Highland single malt whisky matured in a sherry cask for 27 years and was bottled at cask strength (50.6%).
The Vintage Reserve series from Milroy's of Soho offers high-quality bottlings. Take this Ben Nevis single malt whisky, for example. That whisky is known for its oily, rich mouthfeel, and that is reflected very well here. (24 years, bourbon-aged, 46.8%)
This 17-year-old Ben Nevis single malt whisky clearly demonstrates the classic distillery character. The malt matured in a bourbon cask before being bottled at cask strength (56.1%) under the Ingelred label under the supervision of bottler Blackadder.
The series The Single Malts of Scotland by Elixir Distillers has a good reputation in whisky land. Moreover, the Reserve Casks sub-series offers whiskies for a very reasonable price. Like this 9-year-old Ben Nevis single malt, bottled at 48% ABV.
The Ben Nevis Distillery produces a classic Highland single malt whisky that scores well on whiskybase.com, for example. Van Wees has now released this Ben Nevis bottling for a reasonable price again. 7 years of maturation in a bourbon cask and at 46%.
Here comes bottler James Eadie in his Small Batch series with a young (8 years old) and, therefore, affordable Ben Nevis single malt whisky. The Highlander matured in two bourbon casks, one 'first fill', the other 'refill', and was bottled at 46%.
You don't often come across a Ben Nevis single malt whisky like this because it is an intensely peated version of this Highlander! It matured for 5 years in refill Oloroso sherry casks and was released by Signatory Vintage in their 100 Proof series. 57.1%
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