The original distillery at Benrinnes was built in 1826 and run as part of a farm by owner Peter Mackenzie. However, the buildings were destroyed in a flood in 1829, just three years into the nascent distillery's life. Rebuilding took place in 1834/5, after which time production has been pretty much constant apart from two short spells of silen ... Read More »
A 1997 vintage whisky from Benrinnes, bottled by Gordon & Macphail for the Connoisseurs Choice range. Not a lot of whisky from the distillery gets out as single malt, being a blenders favourite, but fortunately G&M have impressive stocks hidden away in their warehouses...
A very interesting dram, the only Speysider to be triple-distilled like a Lowland malt or Irish whiskey, but with a lot more body and character than either of those styles. Impressive stuff.
A 19 year old single cask whisky from Benrinnes bottled by Douglas Laing as part of their Old Malt Cask range. This was distilled in 1992, shortly after the distillery released their first official bottling, and bottled in 2011.
The first distillery bottling of Benrinnes in aeons, this is a heavily-sherried number, very old-school with dark fruit, crème brulée, a hint of beef gravy and a touch of gun-metal. Released in 2009 as part of Diageo's Special Releases, this is far and away the best official bottling from this distillery.
A 1978 vintage bottling of whisky from Benrinnes. This was distilled back in the days when they malted onsite and bottled around 1995 as part of Gordon & Macphail's centenary celebrations.
Benrinnes is another Diageo distillery of which very little is seen. Most of the malt produced at Benrinnes is used as blend fodder, so it's great to see a debut single cask bottling to sit alongside the Flora & Fauna version and 2009's acclaimed Special Release 23yo.
A 1968 vintage whisky from Benrinnes, bottled by Gordon & Macphail in the 1980s as part of their Connoisseurs Choice range. This is one of the old 'map label' bottlings and should be excellent.