Benromach and Friends

As we didn’t feature any Benromach expressions in 2025 (which is rather embarrassing, as it is a great single malt), we are going to make up for it tonight with three Benromach offerings.

Let’s begin our tasting with Teaninich 10-Year, one of my favorites. It comes from a large distillery in the northern Highlands, situated between Glen Ord and Glenmorangie.

Our second pour brings us to Benromach with the Optic Barley from its Origins series.

The third whisky is Cragganmore 1993 Vintage from MMCD (Murray McDavid), a top independent bottler.

For the fourth offering, we return to Benromach with their excellent 10-Year, this time bottled at 57% ABV (cask strength) rather than the standard 43%.

Our fifth dram is Kilchoman Sanaig, a sherry-led, peated expression from Islay.

Finally, we conclude with Benromach once more—this time from the Peat Smoke series. Batch 7, distilled in 2006, features malted barley peated to 62 ppm.

I’m excited about this flight and confident you will be pleasantly surprised.
Do bring a friend—good whisky is made great when shared among friends.

WHISKY MENU

1. TEANINICH
Single Malt / 10-Year (Flora & Fauna range) / 43% ABV / OB
Dist Owner: Diageo Scotland Ltd. (Diageo plc)
Region: Highland (Northern)

2. BENROMACH
Single Malt / Origins Batch #3 (Optic Barley) / 2000 Vintage (9-Year) / 50% ABV / NCF / OB
Dist Owner: Gordon & MacPhail (Speymalt Whisky Distributors Ltd)
Region: Speyside (Findhorn)

3. CRAGGANMORE
Single Malt / 1993 Vintage (12-Year) / 46% ABV / NCF
IB: Murray McDavid (Aceo Ltd.)
Dist Owner: Diageo plc
Region: Speyside (Central)

4. BENROMACH
Single Malt / 10-Year / Cask Strength 57% ABV / OB
Dist Owner: Gordon & MacPhail (Speymalt Whisky Distributors Ltd)
Region: Speyside (Findhorn)

5. KILCHOMAN
Single Malt / Sanaig / NAS / 46% ABV / NCF / OB
Dist Owner: Anthony Wills & Local Consortium
Region: Islay (West Shore)

6. BENROMACH
Single Malt / Peat Smoke / 2006 Vintage (9-Year), Batch #7 (62 ppm) / 46% ABV / NCF / OB
Dist Owner: Gordon & MacPhail (Speymalt Whisky Distributors Ltd)
Region: Speyside (Findhorn)