BenRiach Drops Two Woodies And A Bunch Of Single Casks
BenRiach Distillery has released two wood finish whiskies and Batch 13 of its single cask bottlings. The Speyside distillery features a wide range of whiskies in its 12 single cask releases – ranging from 16 to 40 years old – while its pair of woodies are a sherry and a tawny port.
The 12 single cask releases are:
* 1975 cask # 7028, 40 years old, sherry butt, peated, 53% ABV
* 1976 cask # 5462, 39 years old, port hogshead, peated tawny port finish, 53.8% ABV
* 1977 cask # 3111, 38 years old, port hogshead, tawny port finish, 43.1% ABV
* 1978 cask # 3114, 37 years old, port hogshead, tawny port finish, 48.8% ABV
* 1986 cask # 3183, 30 years old, Pedro Ximenez sherry hogshead, peated Pedro Ximenez sherry finish, 55.6% ABV
* 1986 cask # 7569, 29 years old, Oloroso sherry butt, peated Oloroso sherry finish, 51% ABV
* 1991 cask # 6896, 24 years old, burgundy barrel, burgundy finish, 50.6% ABV
* 1993 cask # 7937, 22 years old, claret hogshead, claret finish, 54.3% ABV
* 1994 cask # 4004, 22 years old, Tokaj hogshead, peated Tokaj finish, 55.1% ABV
* 1995 cask # 5959, 20 years old, Madeira hogshead, Madeira finish, 53.9% ABV
* 1998 cask # 6401, 18 years old, Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon, triple distilled Pedro Ximenez sherry finish, 57.3% ABV
* 1999 cask # 5043, 16 years old, Oloroso sherry puncheon, Oloroso sherry finish, 56.4% ABV.
Benriach’s two woodies a new 17-Year-Old Pedro Ximenez sherry wood finish whisky and a 21-Year-Old tawny port wood finish whisky.
The 17-Year-Old has been matured in American bourbon barrels, bottled at 46% alcohol [92 proof] by volume and has been finished in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks from Andalucia, Spain.
The 21-Year-Old was also matured in American bourbon barrels, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and was finished in tawny port casks.
All are expected to be available in October 2016.
