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Benromach 10 years Cask Strength

peaty spicy
4.2
(2)€55Scotland, Speyside, Single Malt

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Every cask at Benromach is filled by hand in a small warehouse outside Forres. It is one of the smallest working distilleries in Speyside. That same care shapes this cask strength release, poured straight from the cask. It shares its recipe with the standard 10 Year Old, just at full strength. Ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks build a base of honey and fresh fruit. A final year in Oloroso sherry casks adds pepper and a warm, smoky edge. Poured neat, it lands with real force before settling into something rounder. This is Benromach turned up, built for slow sipping, not quick pours.

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About the distillery

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Benromach

Benromach is a distillery located in the town of Forres, in the Speyside region of Scotland. Founded in 1898, the distillery has had a tumultuous history, changing hands and closing down several times before finally being purchased and reopened by Gordon and MacPhail in 1998. Benromach produces a range of whiskies, including the Benromach 10 Year Old, the Benromach 15 Year Old, and the Benromach Peat Smoke. The distillery is known for its traditional methods of production, including floor malting a portion of its barley on-site and using traditional wooden washbacks. Benromach is that it is one of the smaller distilleries in Speyside, producing just 160,000 liters of whisky per year. Despite its small size, the distillery has won numerous awards and accolades for its whiskies, including a gold medal at the International Wine and Spirit Competition for its Benromach 10 Year Old.

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About the Benromach 10 years Cask Strength

Benromach 10 years Cask Strength is a single malt Scotch whisky from the Benromach distillery in Speyside, Scotland. It is bottled at natural cask strength, 57.9% ABV, with nothing added and nothing taken away. That is far stronger than the standard 10 Year Old bottling. The extra strength brings out honey, oak and warm spice. A smoky thread runs underneath, true to the distillery's house style. Benromach has built its whole identity around that hint of smoke. Gordon & MacPhail bought the Benromach distillery near Forres in 1993. The site had stood mostly silent since 1983. Prince Charles reopened Benromach in 1998, a century after it first opened. The distillers set out to recreate a style of Speyside whisky common before the 1960s. Back then, a little peat smoke touched almost every malt in the region. Barley is still malted with a whisper of peat and milled on site. It then ferments for days in wooden washbacks fed by the local Chapelton Spring. This cask strength expression leans into big, direct flavour. Expect fresh fruit and grape sweetness up front, plus a savoury edge of pepper and earthy peat. Cinnamon and spice sit in the background, warmed by time in oak. Benromach 10 years Cask Strength finishes long, with lingering smoke and a touch of salt. It almost feels like sea air drifting through the warehouse. Nothing about it feels thin. Every note in this profile carries real weight. Benromach recommends drinking this one neat, and that suits its strength well. This is a whisky for people who already know the standard Benromach 10 Year Old. They want more of everything, from spice to smoke to grip. It also suits anyone curious about how Speyside single malt tasted before most of the region went quiet and unpeated. Pour it slowly and take your time with it, rather than rushing through a dram this strong.