Nose: Chocolate, malt, hops, dry sherry, leather, subtle soft peat smoke, bracing oak tannin spices and chilli oil. Palate: Neat - an astringent but oily arrival with lots of ginger spices, tannins and a rich malty presence. Considering the high abv it's not particularly burning at all. Honey, orange marmalade and white pepper on the development with a creamy caramel texture. With water - the arrival is sweeter and loses the high abv astringency, but otherwise is largely unchanged (unless it is over-watered). Finish: Long, leathery and fading out into a delightful smoky orange aftertaste. Adding a dash of water melds the nose together nicely and unleashes a torrent of bittersweet and hot spices on the palate. A generous pour softens everything but loses some character. It swims well until it's out of it's depth, then it suddenly sinks. I'd recommend sipping this one neat or with just a couple of drops. A good whisky with plenty of character, but not my favourite Benromach. I found more complexity in the regular 10 year old (which is 43%abv). This is essentially the same whisky at greater intensity, but for me the nuances were harder to appreciate here - both are 4 star whiskies. Tasted from a 30 ml sample bottle. "Very Good" : 86/100 (4 stars)
About this bottle
This Speyside single malt is bottled without chill-filtering in the old imperial measure of 100° proof. "Proof" means 50% abv in the US and in the UK, it means 57% abv. This all goes back to the day and age where "proof" was questioned by sailors and their precious rum. Mixing some gunpowder with the rum and attempting to ignite the product would "prove" whether their rum was watered down or not. An ignition would verify its strength. Benromach 100° Proof is available in the UK and other markets outside the US, where it is sold as Benromach Imperial Proof.
Reviews
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This is a really enjoyable dram , initially a soft creamy texture with a sharpness st the finish. Sour apple , vanilla , fudge dried fruit hint of smoke on the pallet. Nose cloves , mixed spice a touch of smoke. I like the high ABV it seams to conceal some of the tasting notes at first but slowly reveals it over time. . Fun and enjoyable expression.
An absolute treat, the nose is more like an older whisky. It has so much going on, the sherry is right up front. Rich vanilla, dark dried fruits but not overbearing. I don't pick up the smoke, maybe after the bottle gets some oxidation. Non chill filter but doesn't say if it's had color added, pretty dark. 57%ABV at 10 years. A winner in my books.
Nose is caramel pears vanilla and light smoke, cured meats Palate is gingery peppery and a strong kick the abv takes no prisoners. Rich sherry Finish is medium and leathery with prolonged smoke The new version of this Batch 1 is superb and That’s probably effecting my rating here a little.
Nose: a bit of vanilla, pear, intense sherry notes, baked apple Palate: raspberry, kumquat skin, bit of wood smoke, bit waxy Finish: sweet, slight bitterness, smokey
BENROMACH 10YO 100 PROOF 57% - 2nd try - CARAMEL, melted brown sugar, full honey 3 Strong peppery burn, nutty raisins, oiliness, malty 2 Malty, oaky 2.25 2.25
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