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Speyside
1898
Local Springs
BenRiach Distillery Company
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Benriach distillery was founded in 1898
and was one of the few distilleries to
malt its own barley although sadly this
practice stopped in 1999. It is located
right next door to its sister
distillery, Longmorn. Following the
Pattison Crash in 1900, Benriach was
mothballed after just two years of
production. It was rebuilt by the
Glenlivet distillers and went back into
production in 1965. After having various
owners over the years the distillery was
once again mothballed in August 2002 by
its then owners, Pernod Ricard.
It did not stay closed for long this
time as it was taken over in early 2004
by an independent consortium. Production
was re-commenced immediately, meaning
that the inventory was effectively
uninterrupted. The first bottling of
Benriach under the new owners took place
in August 2004 these where Benriach
'Heart of Speyside', 12, 16 and 20 years
old, and the peated 10 years old are all
released to the public for the very
first time.
You can now find Benriach
available in any good whisky shop. The
first distillation under the new
independent owners the
BenRiach Distillery Company was filled to cask in
September 2004, but you will not be able
to get your hands on this until at least
2016. Don't worry they have plenty
already maturing for you to try until
that time.
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Benriach Tasting Notes
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 Benriach 12 Year Old.
Colour:
Mid-amber, hints of gold.
Nose: Honey, vanilla, floral, fruity
with well balanced wood overtones.
Taste: Rounded medium to full bodied,
rich honey, vanilla with hints of cream,
spice and chocolate.
Benriach 16 Year Old.
Colour: Mid-amber, hints of gold.
Nose: Honey, vanilla, floral, fruity
with well balanced wood overtones.
TASTE: Rounded medium to full bodied,
rich honey, vanilla with hints of cream,
spices, toffee and apples.
Benriach 20 Year Old.
Colour: Mid-amber, hints of gold.
Nose: Spicy, nutty, honey, vanilla,
floral, fruity with well balanced wood
overtones.
Taste: Rounded medium to full bodied,
rich honey, vanilla with hints of
apples, spice, chocolate and nuts.
Benriach Heart of Speyside.
Colour: Amber, gold.
Nose: Fresh heather, fruit, honey, nuts
and oak wood.
TASTE: This expression cleverly captures
fruit, honey, heather and spice notes,
against a backdrop of mellow oak wood,
in a fresh and lively combination.
Benriach Curiositas
10 Year Old.
Curiositas uses a heavily peated malted
barley, and this certainly comes through
in the whisky. This rare peated single
malt has wonderful overtones of peat
reek, combined cleverly with a
background of fruity, floral, heathery
notes and an appealing presence of oak
wood in the finish.
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Benriach offer you the following choice
of single malts:
- Benriach Heart of Speyside.
- 12 Year Old Single Malt.
- 16 Year Old Single Malt.
- 20 Year Old Single Malt.
- Curiositas.
- Authenticus.
- Benriach Limited Releases 1966 through to 1986.
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