• Nose: 22 Palate: 22 Finish: 21 Balance: 21 Total: 86
  • Nose: Buttered popcorn
  • Palate: Butter, vanilla, hints of sherry and brine
  • Finish: Salted butter
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 11
  • ABV: 56%
  • Distiller: Benrinnes (Diageo) & Auld Goonsy's
  • Where made: Banffshire, SCOTLAND
  • Region: Speyside
  • Approximate Price: $95
  • Value: GOOD

Tasted as Day 12 of The Saratoga Whiskey Club Advent Calendar 2022. Every day is a new adventure with a blind tasting, where we each try to guess the country of origin, the type and age of the whisk(e)y, and the ABV, followed by a reveal at 9PM. This single barrel whisky was distilled on 23 Nov 2010 at the Benrinnes Distillery, matured in a first-fill sherry butt (Cask # 311599), and bottled by independent bottler, Auld Goonsy's, on 11 Apr 2022. There were 330 bottles in the release. The company behind Auld Goonsys is Global Whisky Limited (Glasgow, Scotland). Photo courtesy of Charles Grabitzky.