Benriach Reveals 2021 Cask Edition Collection
Speyside distillery, Benriach, has released their 2021 Cask Edition Collection of 19 single malt whiskies – age ranges between 1994-2009 and both peated and unpeated – from a variety of 11 cask styles.
The 2021 Benriach Cask Edition Collection is being made available to Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Europe and New Zealand.
The casks set for Europe are:
1997 Cask #7420 – Aged 23 years, virgin wood barrel, unpeated, 51.6% alcohol by volume/103.2 proof (France and Belgium)
1998 Cask #10298 – Aged 22 years, Marsala wine hogshead, unpeated, 52.2%/104.4 proof (Italy)
2005 Cask #2569 – Aged 15 years, Oloroso butt, unpeated, 59.8%/119.6 proof (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark and Ukraine)
2005 Cask #1867 – Aged 15 years, rum barrel, unpeated, 55.9%111.8 proof (Benriach Distillery visitor center, Scotland)
2007 Cask #3944 – Aged 13 years, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, peated, 56.2%/112.4 proof (France)
2008 Cask #4052 – Aged 12 years, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, peated, 60.5%/121 proof (Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Poland)
2009 Cask #4833 – Aged 11 years, Port pipe, peated, 60.8%/121.6 proof (UK)
2009 Cask #1642 – Aged 11 years, Madeira hogshead, peated, 60.6%/121.2 proof(Andorra, Poland and Portugal)
2009 Cask #8562 – Aged 11 years, Oloroso puncheon, unpeated, 58.9%117.8 proof (Nordics and Eastern Europe)
2009 Cask #8748 – Aged 11 years, Moscatel hogsheads, unpeated, 53.9%/107.8 proof (Netherlands)
2009 Cask #3911 – Aged 11 years, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, unpeated, 56.5%/113 proof (Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
The casks set for Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Canada include:
1994 Cask #1851 – Aged 26 years, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, peated, 51.5%/103 proof (China)
1994 Cask #1272 – Aged 26 years, Oloroso butt, peated, 53.2%106.4 proof (China)
1997 Cask #16004 – Aged 23 years, Bourbon barrel, unpeated, 51.1%/102.2 proof (Israel)
1998 Cask #2803 – Aged 22 years, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, unpeated, 52.7%/105.4 proof (Southeast Asia)
2006 Cask #5303 – Aged 13 years, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, unpeated, 61.2%/122.4 proof (Australia)
2007 Cask #8736 – Aged 12 years, Muscatel hogshead, unpeated, 58.1%/116.2 proof (New Zealand)
2008 Cask #5813 – Aged 12 years, Sauternes barrique, unpeated, 61.3%/122.6 proof (Canada)
2008 Cask #2014 – Aged 12 years, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, peated, 60.5%121 proof (China/Southeast Asia)