The BenRiach distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the Speyside area of Scotland. It is currently owned by Brown-Forman Corporation after being purchased on 1 June 2016 as a subsidiary from the BenRiach Distillery Company Limited, formed by two South African funding partners, Geoff Bell and Wayne Keiswetter, and Scotch whisky expert Billy Walker. In 2008, the company expanded their portfolio with the acquisition of the Glendronach distillery. as well as the Glenglassaugh distillery in March 2013.
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Benriach Smoke Season 70cl, 52.8%
Celebrating the time of year when Benriach produces its peated spirit, Smoke Season is the distillery’s smokiest whisky to date! While smoky whiskies used to be much more of a thing in the Speyside region many moons ago, that’s not quite the case these days. However, Benriach has long produced peated spirit for a short while each year, and this expression shows off the fruits of that labour in its full splendour! Matured in a combination of bourbon barrels and virgin oak casks, this one packs a bold flavour profile for sure.
BenRiach 24 Year Old 1997 Single Cask 15059 Oloroso Sherry Bottle No.596 70cl, 55.7%
From a single 1st Fill Cask, number 15059, that previously contained Oloroso Sherry, this unpeated Single Cask has notes of cherry and banana with components of dark chocolate, dried apricot and creamy vanilla. A whisky that was distilled on July 14, 1997 and bottled on January 17, 2022 with only 665 numbered bottles. A real treasure that has rested for 24 years in the distillery’s cellar.
Bottling serie Cask Edition
Vintage 14.07.1997
Bottled 2022
Stated Age 24 years old
Number of bottles 596/ 665
Cask type Oloroso Sherry Puncheon
Strength 55.7 %
Vol. Size 700ml
Benriach Smoky Quarter Cask 1L, 46%
Benriach’s Smoky Quarter Cask celebrates the distillery’s use of peat, which began in the 1970s, harking back to whisky production of old, while breaking the conventional style of whisky from the Speyside region. The use of wood-rich Highland peat results in a sweet, smoky profile, and this expression is crafted with a balance of Benriach’s peated and unpeated spirit. Initially matured in bourbon barrels, the whisky is then transferred to bespoke quarter casks. The smaller cask size ensures greater interaction between the whisky and the oak, resulting in rewardingly rich layers of fruit, vanilla, and mellow wood smoke. Oh, and this is a litre bottle originally released for travel retail, so, even more, to go round!
Benriach Quarter Cask (1L, 46%)
A litre bottle of Benriach Quarter Cask, which is first aged in bourbon barrels before a second maturation in bespoke quarter casks. The smaller casks allow for more interaction between the wood and whisky, amplifying those buttery, woody flavours we know and love.
BenRiach 12 Year Old The Twelve (70cl, 46%)
A big Benriach, taking the distillery’s fruity spirit and adding layers of rich and dark flavour to it. Aged for 12 years in bourbon, sherry and port casks, it’s a spicy dram with loads of dried fruit and soft spice.
BenRiach 12 Year Old The Smoky Twelve (70cl, 46%)
Brilliantly peaty 12 year old whisky here from the Benriach Distillery, released as part of its new core range launched in 2020. To create this expression, Dr. Rachel Barrie used a combo of bourbon, sherry and Marsala wine casks, imparting sun-dried fruit and warming festive spice notes to the smoky single malt.
BenRiach 10 Year Old The Smoky Ten (70cl, 46%)
The Smoky Ten from Benriach’s core range launched in 2020 shows off the distillery’s skill at working with peated malt. Master blender Dr. Rachel Barrie and her team created this expression using whisky matured in bourbon barrels, toasted virgin oak casks and Jamaican rum casks, building a delicious flavour profile of ripe fruit and creamy spices to support the peaty wafts at its core. Top post-dinner dram, this!
BenRiach 10 Year Old The Original Ten (70cl, 43%)
A classic combination combined with Benriach’s fruity spirit makes for a great tasting and easy-drinking whisky. Bourbon and sherry casks give this ten-year-old whisky layers of fruit and sweet vanilla, while virgin oak gives an extra kick of spice.
BenRiach 23 Year Old 1997 Cask Edition Virgin Barrel 70cl, 51,6%
This whisky was distilled on 7th July 1997 and laid to rest in single Virgin oak cask #7420 for 23 years.
One of 248 bottles.
Bottle Number 187/248
EXPLORE THE RANGE
CASK EDITION
In our warehouses lies one of the most eclectic selection of casks in Scotland. Our ‘sleeping beauties’, as we often call them, continue to be sourced from all over the world, enabling us to creatively explore the full flavour possibilities of Speyside single malt.
We reserve some of our most individual and unique cask types for the Cask Edition Collection. Released periodically, each Cask Edition is hand selected by Master Blender Dr. Rachel Barrie to celebrate a different facet of Benriach’s fruit laden character.
BenRiach 35 Year Old (70cl, 42.5%)
Introduced in 2014 as a replacement for the 30 Year Old, this contains malt from the 1970s, a time when the distillery was owned by Glenlivet. A classic example of aged Speyside, this is sweet and spicy.
Benriach 30 Year Old The Thirty (70cl, 46%)
The BenRiach 30 years old The Thirty is a Speyside single malt from the BenRiach distillery. This BenRiach matured in sherry, bourbon, virgin oak and Douro Valley pot casks and was bottled at 46% ABV, non chill filtered and with no added colour.
BenRiach 30 Year Old Authenticus Peated (70cl, 46%)
Benriach have extended their pleasingly peaty Authenticus series with a 30 year old expression (following on from the 21 Year Old and 25 Year Old). A rich, smoky, well-balanced dram from the fantastic distillery.
BenRiach 25 Year Old Authenticus Peated Malt (70cl, 46%)
A 25 year old from Speyside’s Benriach, made using their peated spirit and sat at the top end of the age range for their peated whisky. This is the follow-up to the much-vaunted Authenticus 21yo and is claimed by the producers to show herb, honey and tropical fruit flavours alongside the smoke.
BenRiach Birnie Moss Intensely Peated (70cl, 48%)
Birnie Moss is a heavily-peated NAS expression of BenRiach originally produced to appeal to the young whisky loving folk of Spain but that has spilled over into being hit across Europe.
BenRiach Peated Cask Strength Batch 2 (70cl, 60%)
Peated Cask Strength: Batch 2 , the latest release from the BenRiach, is a single-malt Scotch whisky that will test the intestinal fortitude of the heartiest hooch drinkers. Weighing in at a whopping 121.2 proof, this husky dram is struck through with heavy smoke and wood flavor and dense vegetal notes. Think of the biggest, brightest bonfire you’ve ever seen, and then try to imagine all that white-hot intensity being bottled for consumption. No doubt there are people out there who enjoy drinking whisky as powerful as this neat.
BenRiach Peated Cask Strength Batch 1 (70cl, 56%)
The first release from BenRiach’s Peated Cask Strength series (in the same vein as their unpeated Cask Strength releases) is made with whiskies drawn from Oloroso Sherry casks and bourbon barrels.
BenRiach 22 Year Old Albariza Peated (70cl, 46%)
Distilled and bottled by BenRiach, this 22 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky is finished in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks, which imparts a rich, fruity sweetness to the robust, peated BenRiach flavour profile.
Albariza Peated is non-chill filtered and of natural colour, and this Speyside beauty was bottled at 46% ABV. Albariza itself is a white marl composed of calcium, clay and sea fossils that is used to grow grapes for the production of Sherry in the Andalucia region of Southern Spain. The more you know.
BenRiach 21 Year Old Tawny Port Cask Finish (70cl, 46%)
This 21 year old malt is part of BenRiach’s Wood Finish or Cask Finish range, where whiskies mature in refill American oak casks before spending a finishing period in a more active wine or fortified wine cask. In this case, it has been finished in ex-Tawny Port hogsheads!
BenRiach 17 Year Old Septendecim Peated Malt (70cl, 46%)
From BenRiach’s peated range comes Septendecim (seventeen in Latin) – a 17 year old Speyside whisky made in the styles of Speyside whisky from yesteryear – more robust and muscular.
BenRiach 17 Year Old Pedro Ximénez Sherry Finish (70cl, 46%)
Initially matured in refill American oak barrels, this 17 year old from BenRiach spent a finishing period in Pedro Ximénez Sherry butts from Jerez de la Frontera.
BenRiach Cask Strength Batch 2 (70cl, 60.6%)
For the second batch of BenRiach Cask Strength, the distillers in Speyside have combined whisky matured in bourbon, oloroso sherry and virgin oak casks. Intensely flavoursome stuff.
BenRiach 25 Year Old (70cl, 46.8%)
BenRiach 25 year old is aged in a combination of three different cask types: Oloroso, bourbon and virgin oak. Now bottled “at the preferred strength of 46.8%”.
BenRiach 21 Year Old (70cl, 46%)
BenRiach have long been a distillery to keep your eye out for if you’re interested in whiskies with inventive maturation periods, and here’s a perfect example! This 21 year old has been drawn from a mixture of four casks – bourbon barrels, virgin oak casks, Pedro Ximenéz Sherry casks and red wine casks.
BenRiach Heart of Speyside (70cl, 40%)
The entry level BenRiach bottling with no age statement, named for the distillery’s location in Elgin in Moray at the heart of Speyside. A fresh, youthful whisky with a distinct countryside note.
BenRiach 10 Year Old (70cl, 43%)
The flagship expression from the BenRiach distillery. This 10 year old Speyside single malt is drawn from ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks after at least a decade of slumber, resulting in a malt that shows off the distillery’s style wonderfully. Expect hearty barley backed up by orchard fruit and toasted almond, alongside just a hint of herbaceous oak.