BenRiach Goes 24-For-16 In Their Cask Bottling Series
BenRiach has released 24 single cask whiskies to comprise Batch 16 of their Cask Bottling Series. Of those 24, Batch 16 features 16 unpeated and eight peated whiskies.
BenRiach Batch 16 will have 12 casks being made available in Europe while the remaining 12 will be made available in Asia, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Prices for the 24 whiskies will span $70 to $755 per bottle.
BenRiach Batch 16 Europe casks:
•1985 Cask (48.1% alcohol by volume – 96.2 proof), aged for 33 years in a virgin oak cask
•1991 Cask (50.3% abv – 100.6 proof), 27 years in a rum cask
•1993 Cask (54.3% abv – 108.6 proof), 25 years in a Rioja cask
•1994 Cask (51.8% abv – 103.6 proof), 24 years in a Marsala cask
•2005 Cask (55.3% abv – 110.6 proof), 14 years in a Port cask
•2005 Cask (55% abv – 110 proof), 13 years in a rum cask
•2007 Cask (59.5% abv – 119 proof), 12 years in a rum cask
•2008 Cask (59.4% abv – 118.8 proof), 11 years in a Bourbon cask
•2007 Cask (61.2% abv – 122.4 proof), 11 years in an Oloroso sherry cask
•2008 Cask (61.6% abv – 123.2 proof), 10 years in an Oloroso sherry cask
•2009 Cask (58.5% abv – 117 proof), nine years in a virgin oak cask
•2012 Cask (61.2% abv – 122.4 proof), seven years in a virgin oak cask
BenRiach Batch 16 Asia, Australia, Canada and New Zealand casks:
•1988 Cask (46.5% abv – 93 proof), aged for 30 years in a Tokaji wine cask
•1991 Cask (53.9% abv – 107.8 proof), 27 years in a Madeira cask
•1993 Cask (53.1% abv – 106.2 proof), 25 years in a claret cask
•1994 Cask (54.5% abv – 109 proof), 24 years in a Bourbon cask
•1995 Cask (51.7% abv – 103.4 proof), 21 years in a virgin oak cask
•1997 Cask (51.9% abv – 103.8 proof), 21 years in a virgin oak cask
•1997 Cask (54.1% abv – 108.2 proof), 21 years in a Marsala cask
•2005 Cask (56.2% abv – 112.4 proof), 13 years in a Pedro Ximénez cask
•2005 Cask (57.5% abv – 115 proof), 13 years in a Port cask
•2006 Cask (55.2% abv – 110.4 proof), 12 years in a sauternes cask
•2008 Cask (59% abv – 118 proof), 10 years in an Adoro cask
•2009 Cask (59% abv – 118 proof), 10 years in a Madeira cask