Whisky Forum - 2 BenRiach And A New GlenDronach Cask Finish

William

The BenRiach Distillery Company have unveiled three new cask finish whiskies, the BenRiach 15 years old Sauternes finish and the BenRiach 18 years old Albariza which is a peated whisky finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. And from its sister distillery GlenDronach comes a new GlenDronach 18 year old Marsala Cask Finish.

Some more info and tasting notes here:

www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/benriachcaskfinish.htm
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sorren · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:57 pm Post subject:

I like the look of these

Quaich1 · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:16 pm Post subject:

The 18 year old sounds interesting especially with its tie to Marsala cask wine which comes from a region of the same name in the western part of Sicily, Italy.
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Fergie · Master Of Malts Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 1741

The peated Benriach 18 year old Albariza could be worth a try..

opelfruit · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:15 am Post subject:

Diademo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 1255

I'm rather disappointed with new GlenDronach 18 yo Port finish but will give a try to this Marsala Cask.

Genuine Risk · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:10 pm Post subject:

I have pre ordered the ALBARIZA from Robbies Drams. Sadly it is only 46%.
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William · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:49 pm Post subject:

I forgot to say that all 3 of the whiskies have been bottled at 46% ABV and are non chill filtered and natural colour.
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opelfruit · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:59 pm Post subject:

sorren · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:57 pm Post subject:

I'll be trying the 2 unpeated ones for sure, 46% is better than 40% so can't grumble

Diademo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 1255

It seems that Glendronach released rather small batch of ex-Marsala casks.
In many shops they are sold out in minutes. I just ordered last few bottles from a shop in Nederland.