BenRiach Authenticus 25 Years

BenRiach started doing peated runs in the 1970s – some of the legendary 1976 single casks were peated. As far as I know it wasn’t until 2007 that they were released, all with Latin-sounding names. Remember BenRiach Arumaticus Fumosus , Maderensis Fumosus, Heredotus Fumosus or Curiositas?

majbe because of their long experience, I’ve always found BenRiach’s peated malts among the best from non-Islay distilleries. Nowadays BenRiach uses the same ppm as Laphroaig, around 45 ppm (using the colorimetric scale).

The top of the range has always been the 21 Year Old Authenticus, until it was upgraded to this BenRiach 25...