BenRiach Whisky
BenRiach Speyside Whisky BenRiach whisky destilleriet ligger ved Elgin ved Lossiefloden og har kæmpet for sin eksistens af flere omgange. Destilleriet åbnede i 1890'erne, men lukkede allerede igen i 1900. I 1965 genåbnede BenRiach, men måtte så lukke igen i 2002. I 2004 kom nye ejere til, og der er sidenhen kommet ganske mange nye BenRiach whisky-varianter på markedet med forskellige smagsnoter og fadlagringstyper. BenRiach producerer ca. 1,5 mio liter alkohol om året, og en del af produktionen benyttes til blended whisky. Founded: Status: Capacity: 1897 Active 2 800 000 litres Address: Longmorn, Elgin, Morayshire IV30 8SJ Tel: website: 01343 862888 www.benriachdistillery.co.uk History: 1897 – John Duff & Co founds the distillery. 1899 – Longmorn Distilleries Co. buys the distillery. 1903 – The distillery is mothballed. 1965 – The distillery is reopened by the new owner, The Glenlivet Distillers Ltd. 1978 – Seagram Distillers takes over. 1983 – Seagrams starts producing a peated Benriach. 1985 – The number of stills is increased to four. 1994 – The first official bottling is 10 years old. 1999 – The maltings is decommissioned. 2002 – The distillery is mothballed in October. 2004 – Intra Trading, buys Benriach together with the former Director at Burn Stewart, Billy Walker. The price is £5.4 million. 2004 – Standard, Curiositas and 12, 16 and 20 year olds are released. 2005 – Four different vintages are released in limited editions - 1966, 1970, 1978 och 1984. 2006 – Sixteen new releases, i.a. a 25 year old, a 30 year old and 8 different vintages. 2007 – A 40 year old and three new heavily peated expressions are released. 2008 – New expressions include a peated Madeira finish, a 15 year old Sauternes finish and nine single casks. 2009 – Two wood finishes (Moscatel and Gaja Barolo) and nine single casks are released. 2010 – Triple distilled Solstice and heavily peated Horizons are released. 2011 – A 45 year old and 12 vintages are released. Ovennævnte tekst er fra Malt Whisky Year Book. Tak til Ingvar Ronde, forfatter til Malt Whisky Year Book 2012 - Køb den sidste nye udgave her  |
