点评:Today we went to Benriach for a tour and tasting. The tour was led by Gayle, a lady who has only worked for this distillery for three months. With pain in her eyes, she said that the distillery has “a silent season” and is therefore not operational at the moment. There was nothing to notice about that during the tour and she really did everything she could to make it a super experience. The love and passion she has for whiskey is almost a religion, and that was noticeable. Whiskey flows through her veins. The tour was really great despite the fact that nothing happened on site. That was thanks to Gayle. The tasting was good. Tasted 3 pleasant whiskeys of which the smokey 12 was my favourite! Then made a nice cocktail of whiskey. As icing on the cake, Gayle had a little surprise at the end. She had recognised the lover in me and did me a huge favour by letting me taste a 27 year old Benriach on cask strenght. Great. A real gift. What a fantastic woman Gayle is, she made the tour a real experience!!! Even got some tips for good heavily smoked whiskeys. Really go there even though the distillery is closed. Gayle makes up for that!
翻译:今天我们去了本利亚克酒厂参观品酒。导游是盖尔,一位在这家酒厂工作才三个月的女士。她眼神痛苦地告诉我,酒厂正处于“淡季”,因此目前没有运营。参观过程中,她并没有发现任何异常,她竭尽所能,让这次体验非常棒。她对威士忌的热爱和激情近乎宗教,这一点显而易见。威士忌在她的血管里流淌。尽管现场没有安排任何活动,但这次参观仍然非常棒。这要感谢盖尔。品酒体验很棒。我品尝了三款令人愉悦的威士忌,其中烟熏味十足的12号威士忌是我的最爱!之后,她调制了一杯美味的威士忌鸡尾酒。更棒的是,盖尔在最后准备了一个小惊喜。她看出了我内心深处对威士忌的热爱,让我品尝了一瓶27年的原桶陈酿本利亚克,真是太贴心了。太棒了,真是一份礼物。盖尔真是个很棒的女人,她让这次旅行成为了一次真正的体验!!!她甚至还给了我一些关于烟熏味浓郁的威士忌的推荐。虽然酒厂关门了,但一定要去那里。盖尔弥补了这一点!