BenRiach distillery

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BenRiach distillery
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Region: Speyside
Location Moray, Scotland
Owner Brown-Forman
Founded1898
StatusActive
Water sourceBurnside Springs
No. of stills2 wash stills
2 spirit stills [1]
Capacity1,300,000 litres (290,000 imp gal; 340,000 US gal)
The Original Ten
Age(s)10 years old
Cask type(s)Ex-Bourbon, Ex-Sherry, Virgin Oak
ABV 43.0%
The Smoky Ten
Age(s)10 years old
Cask type(s)Ex-Bourbon, Ex-Jamaican Rum, Toasted Virgin Oak
ABV 46.0%
The Twelve
Age(s)12 years old
Cask type(s)Ex-Bourbon, Ex-Sherry, Ex-Port
ABV 46.0%
The Smoky Twelve
Age(s)12 years old
Cask type(s)Ex-Bourbon, Ex-Sherry, Ex-Marsala
ABV 46.0%
BenRiach Solstice whisky aged 17 years. BenRiach Solstice aged 17 years.jpg
BenRiach Solstice whisky aged 17 years.

BenRiachdistillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the Speyside area of Scotland. It is currently owned by Brown-Forman Corporation.

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History

The BenRiach Distillery was established by John Duff in 1898, in North Speyside, south of Elgin, close to the Longmorn Distillery which was also owned by Duff. [2] The distilleries were joined by a private railway, with a private steam locomotive, the Puggy, to transport coal, barley, peat and barrels between the distilleries. [2] Soon after the railway was established in 1900 the distillery stopped production in the wake of the bankruptcy of Pattisons Ltd., a major Scotch whisky purchaser. [2] Only BenRiachs maltings remained in active use, producing malt for Longmorn. It didn't produce spirit again until 1965 when it was reopened by Glenlivet Distillers Ltd. [2] In 1978 the distillery changed hands, this time to Seagrams. [2] Seagrams became part of Pernod Ricard in 2001 and the BenRiach distillery began operating for just three months of every year. In 2004 the distillery was acquired by an independent consortium, the BenRiach Distillery Company Limited, formed by two South African funding partners, Geoff Bell and Wayne Keiswetter, and Scotch whisky expert Billy Walker. [3] [4]

In 2008, the company expanded their portfolio with the acquisition of the Glendronach distillery. [5] as well as the Glenglassaugh distillery in March 2013. [6] The distillery was sold off as a subsidiary on 1 June 2016 to Brown–Forman. [7]

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References

  1. Benriach on Whisky.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Helen Arthur (2002) [1997]. The single malt companion (in Dutch). Libero. p. 71. ISBN   978-9057642364.
  3. scotchwhisky.net. "A to Z of Scotch Whisky Information - Scotch whisky .net". www.scotchwhisky.net. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  4. "Benriach USA". www.benriachdistillery.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  5. "Business News - The Scotsman". business.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  6. "BenRiach buys Banffshire distillery". BBC News. 2013-03-22.
  7. "Brown-Forman Completes Acquisition of the GlenDronach, BenRiach, and Glenglassaugh Single Malt Scotch Whiskies". June 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-24.

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