Benriach The Smoky Twelve Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Again

This is a very fine and complex whisky... Here's what I got from it two yearsand a bit ago:
• Benriach The Smoky Twe...
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[@ironmantran]

Brother Quiggie, bottling date is laser-edged into back of bottle near the bottom by the "notch"/dimple/cress or there about = very light off-(grey)-white dot-matrix type

[@foodquig]

Ah! 2021/09/02... Could be the same batch from two years ago. It was hard to see except with a very bright light...

[@DonnerPassWhisky]

Wow, so it was sitting in the BC warehouse for all that time, and instead of putting it on sale to clear out old inventory, they raised the price. Ouch

[@foodquig]

@@DonnerPassWhisky They are sneaky barsteads...

[@odiamonds1961]

Wow!! You need a Total Wine store near you! $57.99 here in San Diego.

[@foodquig]

I very much doubt that Total Wine would ever open up in Canada. First of all, in this province, any alcoholic beverage has to go through the BC Liquor Board first before it's sold here, and they more or less set the prices. There ain't no such thing as free enterprise here when it comes to liquor. Things are expensive, yes, but you won't get any more gouging when it comes to hard-to-find items.

[@whiskeyyum1341]

Too bad you did not have a little of your first bottle to compare, but I do the same thing. I wait until the first is empty before opening the next bottle.
Thanks for the review!👍

[@foodquig]

Bottles typically don't last a year on my bar even if I'm being careful. Expecting an opened bottle to last more than two years is really pushing it. I would expect the long-opened bottle to be more complex than a freshly opened example, so they would drfinitely not be the same...

[@_fwd_racecar_]

i like a hint of subtle smoke, this was too full on campfire for me. very happy though benriach has their core range in 50ml minis to try first.

[@foodquig]

You only need to be where those 50ml bottles are available... I don't know of any such place near me.

[@_fwd_racecar_]

@@foodquig yah, i'm a bit lucky here in oregon, there is an online statewide database that lists where every bottle is located so never have to go "hunting." also prices are controlled so retailers cant mark it up, bourbon heads would be so jealous getting stagg jr. for 50bucks

[@catnapgee5357]

Perhaps buying this again was a happy accident

[@foodquig]

Could be, but I usually expect something new coming from these special releases...