Whisky Focus - Benromach Peat Smoke Bold And Beautiful

Speyside's smallest classed as 'bold and beautiful' at Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2012.

Benromach Peat Smoke has been described as a ‘bold and beautiful malt’, scoring 93 points out of 100 in the Single Malt Scotch Whisky category of the Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2012.

The Ultimate Spirits Challenge, held in New York City, began with a record number of contestants as more than 650 spirits were entered from more than 70 companies and 30 countries around the world. Only the best malts went through the first round of blind tasting during the rigorous judging. Benromach was blind-tasted three times by multiple panels of the most highly-qualified experts in the industry before receiving its final ‘Excellent’ accolade.

The accolade adds to the growing list of honours for the whiskies from Benromach. The Peat Smoke batch won the Silver at the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival in 2011, while the distillery’s other malts have also attracted recognition from the highest levels of the industry. Benromach 30 Years Old was described as ‘one of the outstanding malts of the year’ in Jim Murray’s famous Whisky Bible for 2012 and the brand’s flagship single malt, Benromach 10 Years Old, won Gold at the Great Taste Awards 2011.

Operating under the management of Gordon & MacPhail, Benromach is handcrafted by just two experienced distillers. Using their unique skills they have developed the distillery’s portfolio which includes the lauded Peat Smoke single malt and Benromach Organic – the world’s first fully certified organic single malt.

Michael Urquhart, Joint Managing Director of Gordon & MacPhail, owners of Benromach, commented: "Our Peat Smoke batch is steadily attracting recognition from whisky drinkers across the globe. It’s a delicate smoky malt that has the elegance and quality all of Benromach’s malts are known for.

"The Ultimate Spirits Challenge is an extremely popular and highly-regarded competition across the globe. For our Peat Smoke batch to receive such recognition internationally proves that, although we may be one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland, we are also one of the best."

Benromach single malt whiskies are available from whisky specialist shops such as The Whisky Exchange.
 

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