Is This Good Value For a Ben Nevis?
At around £80 or $100 from retailers that still have it in stock, this Ben Nevis offers excellent value—especially considering its unusual maturation process and the fact that Ben Nevis can be a bit tricky to understand as a whisky drinker.
Ben Nevis single malts tend to fall into two categories: they’re either incredibly old with price tags to match—particularly the highly sought-after 1996 vintage—or they’re more generic expressions that fill out the portfolios of many independent bottlers. While these indie releases aren’t necessarily bad, they often lack the distinctive Ben Nevis character or anything particularly compelling for consumers.
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This one, however, has several intriguing qualities that make it worth snapping up. While Ben Nevis does still produce a core range, a significant portion of its stock is sent to Japan as new-make spirit. As a result, its small, two-bottle core range often sells out quickly across multiple markets.
What Are Bloodtubs?
Bloodtubs are an underrated cask type in the whisky industry—largely because they’re a bit unconventional! They’re even smaller than Octaves, a cask size that has put Duncan Taylor in the spotlight for years. A Bloodtub holds about 35 litres, compared to an Octave’s 50 litres.
For this release, the casks were seasoned with sherry, giving the whisky a brief hiatus from its original cask while enriching it with the sweet, sherried notes that have been missing from some recent Ben Nevis bottlings.
About Woodrow’s of Edinburgh
Woodrow’s of Edinburgh is an independent whisky bottler, blender, and cask trader based in Leith, Edinburgh. Founded by Woody Tan, an alumnus of Heriot-Watt University‘s Brewing and Distilling master’s program, the company operates from a fully bonded warehouse where they source casks from across Scotland.
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Their approach involves blending various casks to achieve desired flavor profiles, enhancing flavors through secondary maturation, and bottling all products in-house. Notably, all their offerings are non-chill filtered, naturally colored, and produced in small batches.
