点评:We recently visited the Benromach Distillery and did the Mastery Tour. Hands down the best value for money distillery tour we did out of the 6 Scotch distilleries we visited, on top of it being a great tour overall.
We had Bob as our guide - coming from Edinburgh, he had a soft and poetic "accent", very easy to understand (as someone from Asia) and very pleasant to listen to. He's also very knowledgeable about whisky and the distillery, which allowed all the whisky geeks on the tour to bombard him with questions we've been dying to ask.
It was great to tour the distillery while it's in actual operations. Some distilleries are in quiet season in July, so you don't always get to see things in action.
The crown of this trip though is the tasting, which came with 6 drams.
We started with their new make spirit, which was actually quite enjoyable. We then jumped straight to 21 year old, followed by a Distillery Exclusive.
The next 3 were so amazing, I would do the Master Tour all over again just for the tasting. You're given 3 ultra-aged whiskies. I assume the selection will differ from tour to tour based on the availability. But the ones we got were
- 42 years single cask from 1977
- 44 years single cask from 1975
- 40 years 2022 release batch 2
Now, this tour is £95 per person. You would easily pay more than that for 1 dram of any of the last 3 (if you can actually find it in your whisky bar).
翻译:我们最近参观了本罗马克酿酒厂,并参加了“大师之旅”。在我们参观过的6家苏格兰酿酒厂中,这无疑是性价比最高的一次参观体验,整个过程也相当精彩。
我们的导游是鲍勃——他来自爱丁堡,带着一种柔和而富有诗意的口音,对于我这个亚洲人来说非常容易理解,听起来也十分悦耳。他对威士忌以及这家酿酒厂的知识也极其丰富。这让所有参加游览的威士忌爱好者们得以向他提出那些我们一直渴望询问的问题。
能在酒厂正常运作期间参观真是太棒了。有些酒厂在七月份处于淡季,因此你并不总能看到生产过程。
不过这次行程的亮点还是品鉴环节,我们总共品尝了6款威士忌。
我们首先品尝了他们新推出的原酒,口感相当不错。接着直接试饮了21年陈酿,最后还品尝了一款酒厂专属限量版威士忌。接下来的三个品鉴环节真是棒极了——为了能品尝到这些威士忌,我甚至愿意再参加一次大师之旅。会上提供三款陈年时间极长的威士忌。我想每次旅程所提供的酒款会因库存情况而有所不同。我们这次品尝到的分别是:
- 1977年装瓶、陈酿42年的单桶威士忌
- 1975年装瓶、陈酿44年的单桶威士忌
- 2022年发布、陈酿40年的第二批装瓶威士忌
这次之旅的费用为每人95英镑。不过,哪怕只是要买到上述任意一款威士忌的一小杯,价格也很容易就超过这个数额(当然前提是你能在酒馆里找到它们)。