Benriach 12 Sherry Wood: Whisky Tasting & Food Pairing, Review #128 HD

WELCOME BACK TO THE WHISKY COUCH With GUSTAV MULLER as your host Also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewhiskycouch/?ref=br_tf Also on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewhiskycouch BENRIACH 12 SHERRY WOOD THE DISTILLERY The Benriach distillery was founded in 1898 and is situated in the Speyside region of the Highland of Scotland. Owned by Benriach Distillery Company which is part of Brown Forman Co. It is one of the few distilleries with it’s own malting floor. THIS WHISKY 12yo Single malt from Benriach Winner of several trophies at the IWSC Matured in ex-Oloroso and ex-Pedro Ximenez Sherry butts from Jerez in Spain ABV 46% Non-Chill filtered and natural colour COLOUR Tawny NOSE Dried fruit prunes and dates and raisins, sherry notes, mocha, rich spices, creamy vanilla custard, candy floss TASTE Mocha, dark chocolate, rich fruitcake spices, vanilla, honey, brown sugar, dates, raisins FINISH Medium long finish, sherry, pepper WITH WATER: Nose: cinnamon, fruitcake and coffee Taste: fruitcake drizzled with spicy sherry and custard SUMMARY: spicy sherry COMMENT: The Macallan remains my favourite PRICE: … $ … £45 … R600 (South Africa) FOOD PAIRING RECOMMENDATIONS Coffee wafer stick OR coffee chocolate OR fruitcake with vanilla custard To comply with Google Adsense policy this video is an independent and unbiased whisky review based on personal opinion only. It is not an advertisement to sell the product.