Whisky Focus - BenRiach Peated Quarter Cask

BenRiach Peated Quarter Cask an innovative new release from the Speyside distillery.

The BenRiach Distillery today launched a peated expression of its Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in quarter casks which the distillery is hailing as "a peaty fruit bomb.

The BenRiach Peated Quarter Cask single malt is the first product to be launched after the parent company was taken over by Brown Forman at the end of April.

This innovative release revives the once-obsolete tradition of using smaller "Quarter" casks to give greater intensity of maturation.

Unusually for a Speyside distillery, this BenRiach expression is distilled from peated malted barley. The spirit is then matured fully in quarter casks before being bottled at 46% ABV.

As the knowledgeable whisky drinkers amongst you will already know, a smaller cask, such as the quarter cask, allows for more interaction between the wood and the spirit, giving the whisky a great depth of flavour and aroma in a shorter period of time.

Sales Director Alistair Walker commented on the new BenRiach Peated Quarter Cask saying: "Smaller casks mean bigger whisky. Using quarter casks allows the intensity of the spirit to shine through by speeding up the maturation process. In this fantastic new expression, the peat combines with the hints of pear and peach to produce an extraordinary fully-flavoured dram."

The BenRiach Peated Quarter Cask will be available from specialist Whisky retailers such as The Whisky Exchange
 

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