McDonald's Celebrated Traditional Ben Nevis

46%, Non Chill Filtered, Natural colour Nose: heavy ocean or lake air, sweet peat, rich dark honey, caramel and florals. Palate: mild sweet peat, brown sugar, burnt caramel, baked ginger and an almost cakey, soft biscuity texture. This Ben Nevis whisky is claimed to be based off the victorian recipe that brought the distillery of the era to the height of fame. I like peat and I like Ben Nevis, this peaked my interest. I clearly like it. the bottle has “disappeared” and is nearing its end. I find this to be the least dirty Ben Nevis I’ve had and it’s definitely the least waxy one I’ve had to date, not a bad thing but not Ben Nevis. This is a very one directional whisky thats easy to drink, it’s one big waft of peat, the rest and then it’s gone, just like the whisky in the glass. It’s so one directional that when I was having a bon fire recently and the cold temperature’s chill striped away the whisky’s peat, as I find it does to most peated whisky, nothing else really remained. Which I’ve found multiple times in past, winter’s chill tends to exposes subtle flavours hidden in other peated whisky. This whisky reminds me of a Nikka peated whisky I’d had recently, it’s very clearly a cousin of Ben Nevis, but lacks some of the things that make Ben Nevis, well Ben Nevis. I would most definitely buy this if I wanted something from the distillery and my stash of other Ben Nevis whiskies has been depleted. I wouldn’t choose it over the 10 year old, but I would consider it over the coire leis and some indies.

My first Ben Nevis, a distillery that i have seen a lot lately. This is the most traditional expression, bottled at 46%abv. On the nose, Honey, Malt and Cereal. Very gentle. Dry grass; Hay. Typical highland malt. Caramel developing after the first sip. Malted barley. On the palate, more of the same profile, very straightforward. Nice caramel. Vanilla. Very easy drinkable. Cereal and Honey. Aftertaste is not spicy at all. Honeyed finish. Like breakfast cereal with honey. A very unidirectional whisky, which feels like a very standarized dram. Good taste, bit definitively for begginers. 66 over 100.

I had the peated version. Ok/good dram. Wouldn't seek it out but would order if I saw it.

Very delicately smoked whisky with just a lovely taste!

Słodka, dymna, trochę szpital, każdy łyk inny

Very mild and gentle taste