blind tasting
Nose: extremely moist, musty smoke, a hint of cowshed, sweet and sour fruits, with a little patience you will find oak and fresh walnut
Taste: fruity beginning before the peaty character takes over, quite strong in terms of alcohol
Finish: smoky with delicate bitterness, medium length
Conclusion: drinkable, for me a somewhat stronger opposite pole to the intensive peat smoke is missing, the 48% suit him well, 76/100

N- Always like the abundance offering of solid peaty notes on Benriach. Burning cardboard, fresh nuts, chocolate candy and sour milk. Underlay with elementary solvent notes, along laundry, coconut oil and wild flower.

P- Candy sweet, tropical fruits, plenty of earthy smokes with minimum wood influence. Energetic, oily, firm structure with quite a good width. Meant to be young at good price/quality ratio.

F- Medium long, echoing young spirits, coconut oil with delicious sweet-sourish fruit smokes. — at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.

Nose: Oh my. This is almost a new make as far as the nose goes. if you have ever had a peated new make, this is it. Pears, apples, very fruity, a lot of peat, and so sweet. The color is almost clear too, with a wee yellowish hue.

Palate: Sweet, fruit and new-make-ish. lots of smoke, some dough, and cereals. Schnapps like almost. Young, young young.

Finish: Peat, Ash, and memories of far away fruit.

While visiting Balblair last year we had a taste of a peated new make, and this reminds me of it quite a bit. I am not sure how long this one spends in the casks, but boy, it’s a baby whisky. I would not recommend buying it if you are not a real lover of the new make, and peated new make to be more precise, but it you are , then it’s a good way to go.

http://whiskyisrael.co.il/2012/04/22/the-benriach-birnie-moss/