Macdonald’s Celebrated Ben Nevis is a NAS single Maltwhisky originally released as a recreation of the original 19th century recipe that made Ben Nevis famous. That means it is slightly smoky, as most whiskies were back then, even those from the Highlands and Speyside.

Meant to be a (numbered) limited edition, it proved popular (again) so it’s now part of the core range, though sometimes hard to find. Last year the presentation was brought in line with the rest of the range, in the typical dumpy bottle.

Macdonald’s Celebrated Ben Nevis (46%, OB +/- 2019)

Nose: sweet...