Comments on: Lidl – Three New Single Malts

By: Keith Sornsen

Keith Sornsen — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:46:27 +0000

I bought a bottle of Ben Bracken today and was surprisingly pleased one it’s price and nice notes
A very personal malt, peat etc a good above average for the price
Peat boy

By: John Marshall

John Marshall — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:37:52 +0000

It’s curious why some people are getting so wound up about Lidl’s Ben Bracken.
I have a bar at home filled with many different offerings that I’ve bought and tasted over the years, varying very much in price – one or two I’m embarrassed to admit to,,
We all have different preferences and tasting is the only way to tell if a particular whisky will hit the spot. Taste buds naturally differ from person to person.
I’m more interested in the products taste and quality than where and who produced it.
I was given a bottle of Ben Bracken as a gift at Christmas and really quite enjoyed it . When I was told it’s origin and price, I was truly surprised about where it came from, but most of all it’s price.
If you are a whiskey lover I really recommend you give it a try – at its current price, what have you got to lose?

By: Herman Halfmouw

Herman Halfmouw — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 20:47:22 +0000

Had a good laugh reading the comments, while sniffing and sipping (and enjoying!) my Bracken Speyside & Highland.
Still, no one seems to know which distilleries produces these whiskies. Obviously, Ben Bracken is not a distillery, and we may assume that the Islay is not distilled in a pub in Glasgow. So, does anyone know where the Bracken malts come from? (Tamnavulin=Bracken Speyside.)

By: Ian MacDonald

Ian MacDonald — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:39:56 +0000

Hi, I purchased the Ben Bracken Islay this morning, dissatisfied and disappointed that despite the outer case having Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky all over it, it is in fact produced and bottled in Glasgow. I just feel the Islay Single Malt Whisky is rather misleading…also is that legal …the outer carton says 6 times its Islay whisky…It is clearly not…surely that’s not legal

By: Jimmyboy

Jimmyboy — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:31:13 +0000

It’s not the islay version’s fault if you’re a pussy. #justsaying

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 12 May 2020 13:15:22 +0000

i bought the Islay today, as i love most peaty offerings from this island.
i think its an absolute bargain for the price. Its quite clear that many of the reviewers above had unreal expectations of this whisky. Iodine, rubber, charred wood are found in reviews of most Islay peat monsters and are generally seen as positive comments.
I found nothing offensive in this, either on the nose or palate, and in general would rate it higher than for example, the rather lame Bowmore NAS small batch Bourbon cask that i have on my shelf, along with Laphroaig Select,in favour of more interesting and more heavily peated gems.
All in all i think this is an interesting effort, i also have the highland from Lidl, and the blended malt from Aldi, all good drams.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:16:54 +0000

Bought “it” this week in Lidl GB…. It is not whisky! It’s rocket fuel! First sniff is OK but next one is disaster. This thing smells like burned rubber. Same with taste – burned rubber, shoe leather, chemicals, rotten potato… AVOID!
I am planning to return it today…

By: Neil Wilson

Neil Wilson — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 09:52:06 +0000

FACT: All Ben Bracken whiskies are created by Whyte & Mackay and then supplied to LIDL. LIDL do not deal direct with ‘various distilleries’. I just picked up the Islay expression in Carcassonne for €13.98.

By: Alan K

Alan K — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 14:35:46 +0000

Liddl’s “Ben Bracken” Islay single malt is very good, and at a great price.
By the way, as a response to an earlier comment, with me as a retired chemist, I couldn’t detect any hint of iodine.
I would certainly recognise the smell.
Ben Bracken Islay is good value and is worth buying.

By: Nick Threlfall

Nick Threlfall — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:14:26 +0000

Sorry , just bought a ‘ Speyside from Lidl , recommend on various sites , with all bullshit of it tasting like vanilla oaks and various other things ! It’s just crap . Wasted £17 on a drink that I could have spent on a 3 ml of really decent stuff . Think I’ll water it down with gin