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BENRINNES

21 years old
40%         
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1968
Bottled 1989
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

BENRINNES
23 years old
40%         
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1969
Bottled 1992
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

BENRINNES
15 years old
43 %
FLORA & FAUNA
Distilled 1977
Bottled 1992
Benrinnes Distillery, Aberlour,
Banffshire

Benrinnes distillery stands on the northern shoulder of Ben Rinnes 700 feet above sea level. It is ideally located to exploit the natural advantages of the area—pure air, peat and barley and the finest of hill water, which rises through granite from springs on the summit of the mountain. The resulting Single Malt Scotch Whisky is rounded and mellow.

BENRINNES
20 years old
43 %
THE ULTIMATE SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY SELECTION
Distilled 8.3.74
Bottled 10.94
Cask No. 2577
300 bottles
Van Wees, Amersfoort

BENRINNES
21 years old
60.4 %          
RARE MALTS SELECTION
Natural Cask Strenght
Distilled 1974
Limited Edition
Genummerde flessen
A.A. Crawford Ltd, Edinburgh

This high-born Speyside distillery has enjoyed a commanding position and pure moutain water 700 feet up on the flanks of Ben Rinnes since before the time of Queen Victoria.
Time passes slowly in the tun room at Benrinnes. When tasting this 21 year old, note the bright gold colour, peaty aromas, almond-vanilla flavours, cream-toff eed richness and long, sweet-spicy lingering finish of an outstanding medium-bodied Speyside malt.

BENRINNES
15 years old
43 %         
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distillation Date: September 1989
Bottling Date: June 2004
Cask Type: Refill Sherry Casks
Proprietors: A. & A. Crawford Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

Benrinnes is the predominant peak among the mountains overlooking the heart of Speyside.
Founded in 1820, the distillery was rebuilt nine years later after severe flooding and has enjoyed almost continual production.
The distillery operates a form of triple distillation with the six stills grouped in threes and not pairs.
A refreshing whisky with citrus fruit aromas and hints of nutmeg and cinnamon.

BENRINNES
12 years old
57 %                   
SINGLE CASK SCOTCH MALT
WHISKY
Distilled: 1990
Bottled: 2003
Society Cask code 36.24
Outturn 270 Bottles
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leuth, Edinburgh
'Grapefruit and Radox'

BENRINNES
30 years old
56,9%       
GORDON & MACPHAIL
RESERVE
Distilled: 1974
Bottled: 2004
Cask No. 3871
219 Bottles
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

BENRINNES
1 9 9 3     
16 years old
59.0 %                                            
GORDON  &  MACPHAIL
RESERVE
SPEYSIDE  SINGLE  MALT  
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Distilled: 26/05/1993
Cask Type: Refill Sherry Hogshead
Cask No: 4612
Selected by Van Wees, February 2009
Bottled: 23/06/2009                
Limited Edition
268 Bottles
Proprietors: A. & A. Crawford Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin                

BENRINNES
9 years old
56.8  %                                    
SINGLE  MALT  SCOTCH  WHISKY
FROM  A  SINGLE  CASK
Distilled Sept. 1999
Cask type: 1st Fill Barrel / Ex Bourbon
1 of 147 bottles
Society Single Cask No. 36.45
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh
'Fruit and sweet tobacco'

We, the Tasting Panel, verify that the Scotch Single Malt Whisky inside this bottle
has been passed under some of the most scrupulous noses in the world and approved
for release as a Society bottling.
Only single cask whiskies that promise to intrigue, entertain and delight our members
are selected, true to our motto: ‘To leave no nose upturned’
The nose starts out with pencil cases but soon becomes fruity (pineapple, kiwi, banana).
Water brings flavoured tobacco, lemon bonbons and sherbet straws. The palate is fizzy
and fruity (sherbet lemons, apple sours) with smoke and tobacco providing depth.
Initial impressions of Evo – stik, pencil sharpeners and wax crayons gave way to fruit;
we found pineapple. kiwi and banana, nestling in a wooden bowl or swimming in creamy
yoghurt. This character continued on the palate – juicy, fizzy, sherbet lemons and apple
sours, but then we discovered smoke and tobacco;” Definitely delicious”, pronounced the
Master – blender.
The reduced nose seemed to have more to say; we found pineapple – or vanilla – flavoured
tobacco and the Whisky – bard was sniffing jars of lemon bonbons and sherbet straws.
Lime flavoured fruit thins and kumquats arrived on the reduced palate.
The distillery was rebuilt after the 1829 flood.                                            

BENRINNES
23 years old
58,8 %        
NATURAL  CASK  STRENGHT                                                         
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled 1985
Matured in Sherry Wood
Benrinnes Distillery, Aberlour,
Banffshire

High up at 700 feet on the flank of Speyside’s  noblest peak, Benrinnes commands a
view of heathery moorland and draws mountain water from the granite – bed scurran
and rowantree burns, partial triple  distillation and the use of a traditional worm tub
to cool the spirit help bring out its considerable character, which is further developed
here  by ageing in sherry wood,
muscular and lightly smoky, this big  full – bodied
after – dinner malt has concentrated sweetness, superb balans and an exceptionally
long dry and warming finish.
Caramelised sugar and intens prune fruit introduce a nose of superb balance and com-
plexity. The palate is powerfully sweet, the mouth – drying, with voluptuous sweet-
ness balanced by a light smokiness. A deliciously mature malt that’s full of fruit, fire
and even brimstone!

BENRINNES
Aged  25 years old
51 %                    
A  CLASSIC  MALT  WHISKY
BOTTLED  FOR  BLADNOCH
DISTILLERY  FORUM
Distilled 17th October 1984
Sherry Butt no 2273
Bottled 19th August 2010
611 Numbered Bottles
Bladnoch Distillery, Wigtown

BENRINNES
1 9 9 5
43 %
CONNOISSEURS  CHOICE
SPEYSIDE  SINGLE  MALT
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Distillation Date: June 1995
Cask Type: Refill Sherry Hogshead
Bottling Date: February 2012
Proprietors: A. & A. Crawford Ltd
Specially selected, produced and
bottled by
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

These whiskies are known as The Premier Cru of Single Malt Scotch. They are elegant
fruity malts which usually have a drying smokiness.
Nose: Delicate Sherry with a fruity edge
Palate: Rich with summer berry influences
Body: Light
Finish: Soft – yet lingering.
Benrinnes was founded in 1820, and was initially run as part of a family farm. As a malt, Benrinnes is highly priced by blenders and is one of the few whiskies rated as first class.

BENRINNES
46 %
1 9 9 5
Matured for 17 years                         
Speyside Single Malt
THE  ULTIMATE  SINGLE  MALT
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Distilled: 06/06/95
Matured in a Hogshead
Cask No: 5886
Bottled: 04/06/13
345 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Non Chill Filtered
Selected by The Ultimate Whisky
Company. NL

BENRINNES
VINTAGE  1 9 9 5
18 YEARS OLD
46 %                           
THE  ULTIMATE  SINGLE  MALT
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Speyside Single Malt
Distilled: 06/06/95
Matured in a Hogshead
Bottled: 06/11/13
325 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Non Chillfiltered
Selected by The Ultimate
Whisky Company.NL

BENRINNES
Aged 10 years
58,5 %                         
SINGLE  MALT  SCOTCH WHISKY
FROM  A  SINGLE  CASK   
Date Distilled 23rd  April 2003
Cask Type: First Fill Barrel / ex Bourbon
Society Single Cask Code: 36.66
Outturn: One of only 256 Bottles
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh
"Springtime in a glass"

We, the Tasting Panel, verify that the Scotch Malt Whisky inside this bottle has been
passed under some of the most scrupulous noses in the world and approved for re-
lease as a Society bottling.
Only single cask whiskies that promise to intrigue, entertain and delight our members
are selected, true to our motto: “TO  LEAVE  NO  NOSE UPTURNED “.
The nose is pure spring – time pleasure – flower meadows, elderflower, heather and
gorse – also ripe ctisp white wine, apples and strawberry tart. The taste has pear belle
Helene, gooseberry, mint and fruit salad chews, but deepens to include liquaorice,
dark chocolate and nutmeg.
The nose was light, even elucive, but we eventually discovered the frsh heart of it –
grassy meadows, pear, peat, crisp white wine, light candy, pine, strawberry tart,
spring flowers, elderflower cordial, apples, heather and gorse – springtime in a glass:
bright, floral and refreshing.
The taste conformed to the nose, up to a point – we found fruit salad chews , pear
belle Helene, gooseberry and dry white wine – but there was more of a duality, for
we also got liquorice, honey – roasted nuts, nutmeg, dark chocolate and mouth –
drying tannins.
Water brought out menthol and mint – fresh as a mountain stream tumbling down from Speyside’s mountain.

BENRINNES
VINTAGE  1 9 9 7
17 years old
46 %                                   
THE  ULTIMATE  SINGLE  MALT
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Distilled: 27/02/97
Matured in a Hogshead
Cask no: 2132
Bottled: 15/10/14
289 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Non Chillfiltered
Selected by The Ultimate
Whisky Company.NL

BENRINNES
Aged  25  years
51 %                           
SINGLE  MALT  SCOTCH  WHISKY
FROM  A  SINGLE  CASK
Date Distilled 9th March 1989
Cask Type: Refill Hogshead / ex Bourbon
Outturn: One of only 232 Bottles
Society Single Cask: CODE  3 6. 8 4
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh
"Taking tea on the terrace"

We, the Tasting Panel, verify that the Scotch Malt Whisky inside this bottle has been
passed under some of the most scrupulous noses in the world and approved for re-
lease as a Society bottling.
Only single cask whiskies that promise to intrigue, entertain and delight our members
are selected, true to our motto: “TO  LEAVE  NO  NOSE UPTURNED “.
Sun bounced off the warm Stone terrace. Daffofils, hyacinths and sweat peas scented
the air.Lemon bonbons, ginger beer with green grapes, then French fancies, Pink Lady
apples , apricots. Memories of balsa wood planes, ice cream cones and daisy chanins.
The panel were fancied a balmy place and the scene was set for a dainty tea party. Sun
bounced off the warm stone terrace and the scent of daffodils, hyacinths and sweet
peas wafted through the breeze.
A table was set with lemon bonbons, fresh lemonade and ginger beer with green grapes
and under ripe pineapple. A quick shower didn’t dampen proceedings but opened sweeter
noted of French fancies, lime posset, Pink lady apples, white apricots and crème Anglaise.
One panelist imagined flying a balsa wood plane while eating an ice cream cone, another
Making daisy chains. And relax !

BENRINNES
VINTAGE  1 9 9 7
18  years old
46 %                               
THE  ULTIMATE  SINGLE  MALT
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Speyside Single Malt
Distilled: 27/02/97
Matured in a Hogshead
Cask no: 2140
Bottled: 03/06/15
237 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Non Chill Filtered
Selected by The Ultimate
Whisky Company. NL

BENRINNES
1997
20 years
46 %
Speyside Single Malt
THE  ULTIMATE  SINGLE  MALT
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Distilled: 17/10/97
Matured in a Hogshead
Cask No: 9427
Bottled: 26/01/18
253 Numbered Bottles
Bottle No: 46
Natural Colour
Non Chillfiltered
Selected by The Ultimate Whisky Comp. NL

Water: Rowan Tree Burn, Scurran Burn, Benrinnes Spring
Mash tun: 1 x 8.6 tonnes
Washbacks: 8 x 41.500 litres
2 wash stills x 20.943 litres,
2 intermediate stills x 5243 litres,
2 spirit stills x 7099 litres
Output: 2.000.000 litres

For a long time the stills were run three and three, instead of in pairs. This technique is
reminiscent of Springbank’s partial triple distillation and was probably adopted in con-
nection with rebuilding the distillery in 1955.

For the last couple of years, though this has changed and two wash stills are now feeding
four spirit stills, two of which were originally intermediate stills.

Process – and cooling water are obtained from the Scurran and Rowantree burns.
The Lauter Mash tun has a capacity of 9 tonnes, the mashing time is 6 hours.
The are 8 wooden Wash backs made from Scottish larch each 50.000 litres.
The 6 stills are traditional onion shaped
2 Wash stills with a capacity of 22.935 litres, charged a 20,000 litres
2 Spirit stills with a capacity of 9.292 litres, charged 7.099 litres
2 intermediate  stills with a capacity of 6.364 litres,  charged 5.243 litres
The 6 stills are grouped in trios, and each trio has its own still house
There worm tubs for cooling.
The new make has 76 % ABV
Benrinnes does 16 mashes a week, the output is 2.600.000 litres




BENRINNES
Aberlour, Banffshire. Licentiehouder: A. & A. Crawford Ltd, Leith. Onderdeel van Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (S.M.D.) De malt divisie van United Distillers Ltd. Eigendom van Guinness.
De eerste distilleerderij die werd gebouwd op de hellingen van de Benrinnes en zijn naam kreeg.
Benrinnes is 213 meter boven de zeespiegel gelegen en wordt voor het eerst genoemd toen Peter McKenzie boerde op de Whitehouse Farm en ook distilleerde.
In 1829 werd de distilleerderij weggevaagd door een vloedgolf van water die de berg afkwam Benrinnes werd hebouwd in 1835, anderhalve kilometer meer de berg op, op zijn huidige plek
De distilleerderij was zo ontworpen dat men gebruik maakte van het hoogteverschil, van het terrein, zodat men maar één pomp nodig had in het gehele complex.
In 1842 was John Innes hier distillateur.
In 1845 werd William Smith distillateur, hij was eigenaar van de apperatuur, maar niet van de gebouwen en ging in 1864 bankroet.
In 1864 werd David Edward huurder van de grond en gebouwen.


De eerste distilleerderij die werd gebouwd op de hellingen van de Benrinnes en ook zijn naam kreeg.

Benrinnes is 213 meter boven de zeespiegel gelegen en wordt voor het eerst genoemd toen Peter McKenzie boerde op de Whitehouse Farm en ook distilleerde.

In 1829 werd de distilleerderij weggevaagd door een vloedgolf van water die de berg afkwam Benrinnes werd herbouwd in 1835, anderhalve kilometer meer de berg op, op zijn huidige plek.
De distilleerderij was zo ontworpen dat men gebruik maakte van het hoogteverschil, van het terrein, zodat men maar één pomp nodig had in het gehele complex.

In 1842 was John Innes hier distillateur. In 1845 werd William Smith distillateur, hij was eigenaar van de aperatuur, maar niet van de gebouwen en ging in 1864 bankroet.In 1864 werd David Edward huurder van de grond en gebouwen.

Zijn zoon Edward volgde zijn vader op te Benrinnes, stichtte Craigellachie, Aultmore, was aandeelhouder in Oban en had invloed in veel bedrijven die met het maken van en de handel in met whisky hadden te maken.

The Benrinnes - Glenlivet Distillery Co, Ltd werd gevormd in 1897, en land, gebouwen, machinerie, waterrechten en goodwill werden gekocht voor £ 78.930.  David Edward werd voorzitter en drie andere bekende namen
in de Schotse whiskywereld werden zijn mededirecteuren: Innes Cameron van Linkwood, Duncan MacCallum van Glen Nevis (Campbetlown) en F.W. Brickmann te Leith" bankman en whiskymakelaar.

Benrinnnes produceerde tegen hoge kosten in die tijd vanwege de onmogelijke plaats van de distilleerderij: alles moest met paard en wagen van het spoorwegstation te Aberlour van en naar Benrinnnes worden vervoerd.
Maar door de hoge kwaliteit van het produkt kon men ook een hogere prijs vragen en krijgen.

In 1896 werd Benrinnnes grotendeels door brand verwoest en drie jaar later op grotere schaal herbouwd.De parafine verlichting werd toen ook vervangen door electrisch licht.

Tengevolge van het bankroet van de blending firma Pattison te Leith in 1899, waarbij een groot aantal bedrijven in de whiskyindustrie mee werden gesleept, waaronder F.W. Brickman, die optrad als verkoopagent voor de whisky van Benrinnnes, beleefde Benrinnnes heel moeilijke jaren, net als zoveel anderen.

Tien jaar later werd het aandelenkapitaal afgeschreven van £ 80.096 tot £ 39.800. John Dewar & Sons Ltd, te Perth nam Benrinnnes in 1922 over.In 1930 na het samengaan van Dewar en anderen met de Distillers Company Ltd (D.C.L) werd Benrinnnes onderdeel van Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd, de maltdivisie van de D.C.L.

Benrinnes sloot in 1932 - 1933 en weer in 1943. In 1945 werd Benrinnes weer opgestart.

Electriciteit werd toen opgewekt door een generator die werd aangedreven door een petro-leum motor, en indien de waterstand hoog genoeg was door middel van een water-wiel.In 1951 werd Benrinnnes aangesloten op het electriciteitsnet.

In 1955 werd Benrinnnes herbouwd en gemoderniseerd en in 1956 weer opgestart.In 1964 werden de moutvloeren gesloten en kwam er een Saladin systeem.Het water voor Benrinnes komt van drie bronnen, Rowan Tree Burn, Benrinnes Spring en Scurran Burn. Er is één Mach tun van 8,6 ton en zes Wash backs van elk 41.500 liter. Benrinnes heeft zes ketels, waarmee een vorm van drievoudige distillatie wordt toegepast.
De twee Wash stills zijn elk groot 20.943 liter, de twee zogenaamde 'intermediate' stills zijn elk 5,243 liter en de twee Spirit stills zijn groot 7099 liter. De ketels worden met stoom verhit.  Benrinnes kan 2.000.000 liter
spirit per jaar produceren. Bijna de gehele produktie was bestemd voor de Crawford blended whiskies. De distilleerderij bezit drie boerderijen: Benrinnes Farm West, Derrybeg Farm en Moss-side Farm, waarop graan
wordt verbouwd en rundvee wordt gehouden.


October 2005
Diageo has announced that its 2005 Annual Rare Malts Selection will be the last.
The collection will consist of four cask strenght single malts from closed distilleries; Glen Mhor 28 years old, Millburn 35 years old, Glendullan 26 years old and Linkwood 30 years old.
Dr. Nicholas Morgan, global malts marketing director commented: 'As the Special Releases are now well established, it makes less sence to continue selecting and promoting a parallel series of Rare Malts with his own separate indentity'.
In future, all premium and rare whiskies will be made available in the annual Special Re-leases series.

Benrinnes Distillery was built at a height of almost 700 feet (213 metres) above sea level, on the northern shoulder of Ben Rinnes. The mountain rises to a summit of 2,755 feet (840 metres), commands a view of nine counties, and is a landmark to the fishing fleet of the Moray Firth.
The large intrusion of "Ben Rinnes granite", injected in a molten state among and through existing rocks in geological times, is a fact of great importance to the Speyside distilling industry. Eleven distilleries obtain the finest of pure hill water from somewhere within the boundaries of this intrusion. Benrinnes Distillery is ideally located to exploit this natural advantage. Its water, as Alfred Barnard wrote in The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom, 1887, "rises from springs on the summit of the mountain and can be seen on a clear day some miles distant, sparkling over the prominent rocks on its downward course, passing over mossy banks and gravel, which perfectly filters it". Both process and cooling water are drawn from the Scurran and Rowantree burns.

The earliest known reference to Benrinnes dates from 1826, when Peter McKenzie was recorded as the licensed distiller. According to local tradition, the distillery was located near White-house Farm until it was swept away in the great flood of 1829. Barnard was told that "the works" had been built on the present site in 1835, "and from that day to the present have been continually altered and enlarged". As illustrated on the letterhead of John Innes, the distiller in 1842, they consisted of a farm steading with some of its outbuildings adapted for distilling purposes. The next known occupier, William Smith, testified before a bankruptcy court in 1864 that he had been tenant or sub-tenant for nineteen years of the farm of Lower Lyne of Ruthrie, where the distillery was located, and that he owned the distilling vessels, but not the buildings. Later that year, when Smith changed his place of residence to Banff Gaol, David Edward, farmer, of Gauldwell, took over the lease.

Alexander Edward succeeded his father as owner of Benrinnes, built Craigellachie and Aultmore Distilleries, and promoted various companies, including the Benrinnes-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. in 1897. This company acquired the lands, buildings, water rights, plant, vessels and the goodwill of the business for £78,930. Edward himself was chairman and managing director. His co-directors comprised two distillers, Innes Cameron of Linkwood, Elgin, and Duncan MacCallum of Glen Nevis, Campbeltown, with the local bank agent and F.W. Brickmann of Leith, a whisky broker.

The Northern Scot published a brief description of Benrinnes in 1899. The stillhouse and other main buildings had been rebuilt and remodelled after "a rather destructive fire" about three years earlier. An improved method of mashing, and the installation of three large stills, had increased capacity. There was a new plant for treating effluent; electric light had replaced paraffin lamps; and eight modern warehouses had been built, with a ninth in course of erection. The drawback of the distillery's upland situation was the distance from a railhead: all supplies came by horse and cart up the hill from Aberlour Station, three miles away. There were countervailing factors in its supplies of pure water, peat, barley and air, all of which "con-tributed to the high character which Benrinnes has attained in the market, and the high price it can always command".

The "heavy failure", later in 1899, of F.W. & 0. Brickmann, sole agents for the make, inflicted serious damage on the new company

A recession in the whisky industry followed. Ten years later, the directors had to write down the capital from £80,096 to £39,800.

John Dewar & Sons Ltd. of Perth obtained control of the company in 1922. Ownership of Benrinnes was transferred in 1930 to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd., five years after Dewar's (and other major whisky blenders) had merged their business with that of The Distillers Company Limited.

Benrinnes closed in the winter of 1932-33, and again in 1943, owing to wartime restrictions on the supply of barley to distillers. It changed out of recognition within a few years of restarting production in 1945. At that time lighting was provided by a generator worked by a petrol engine or, when there was enough water, by a water-wheel. A Rushton-Hornsby steam engine drove the elevators that loaded malt into the kiln and worked the mashing machine. Another engine operated the barley elevators. All were replaced by electric power from the national grid in 1951.

By 1955 the condition of the main buildings had reached a stage where major reconstruction had become necessary. This work was completed, and distillation resumed, in 1956. The new distillery was rationally planned, more productive and easier to run. It was, inevitably, less picturesque. The old distillery had started as an extension of the farm steading, which was now demolished and replaced by a cask store and cooperage. Visitors leaving the office no longer tangled with a procession of cows (and a bull) emerging from the byres. There had been times when the beasts took fright, and the distillery employees were called out to round them up.

There was no change in the method of production. A form of triple distillation is a characteristic feature of the process as practised at Benrinnes. The furnaces of the three stills were hand-fired until 1963, when a mechanical coal-stoking system was installed. The number of stills was increased to six in 1966. They were converted to steam-heating from an oil-fired boiler in 1970.

A Saladin malting replaced the floor maltings in 1965. None of the Victorian buildings now remains except possibly No. 2 store and perhaps also the former cooperage and a few of the warehouses. Additional warehouses were built in 1978-81.

Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. owns 27 houses for occupation by employees at Benrinnes. The distillery site occupies 10 acres (4 hectares) excluding Benrinnes Farm West, Derrybeg Farm and Moss-side Farm. These are owned and managed by SMD and occupy about 400 acres (162 hectares). The main products are cattle and grain.

The licensed distillers are A. & A. Crawford Ltd., Leith, blenders of Crawford's Three Star and Five Star Scotch whiskies.

April 2013
Diageo has named Teaninich near Alness as the location for its plans to build a new 50 million pound new malt whisky distillery and will be adjacent the existing Teaninich distillerybut will have its own name and indentity
and will have the capacity to produce 13 million litres of spirit p[er annum from its 16 stills. Diageo also invest 12 million pound in expanding the Teaninich distillery to almost doubless capacity.

The site will also feature a bio - energy plant. The work will begin in 2014.

Diageo also will invest in Mortlach distillery  in building a new still house and an other investment will be at Glendullan distillery to process co products in an anaerobic digestion process, producing bio - gas which
will be used to power the Glendullan distillery.

There are also expansion and upgrade developments for more then 40 million pound in Linkwood, Mannochmore, Glendullan, Dailuaine, Benrinnes, Inchgower, Cragganmore. Glen Elgin, Glen Ord and in a new bio - energie plants in Glenlossie and Dailuaine. Also new warehouse are build at Cluny near Kirkcaldy. And at Talisker  a new visitor centre is build for a 1 million pound.

Water: Rowan Tree Burn, Scurran Burn, Benrinnes Spring
Mash tun: 1 x 8.6 tonnes
Washbacks: 8 x 41.500 litres
2 wash stills x 20.943 litres,
2 intermediate stills x 5243 litres,
2 spirit stills x 7099 litres
Output: 2.000.000 litres


For a long time the stills were run three and three, instead of in pairs. This technique is
reminiscent of Springbank's partial triple distillation and was probably adopted in con-
nection with rebuilding the distillery in 1955.

For the last couple of years, though this has changed and two wash stills are now feeding
four spirit stills, two of which were originally intermediate stills.

For a long time the stills were run three and three, instead of in pairs. This technique is
reminiscent of Springbank's partial triple distillation and was probably adopted in con-
nection with rebuilding the distillery in 1955.

For the last couple of years, though this has changed and two wash stills are now feeding
four spirit stills, two of which were originally intermediate stills.

We, the Tasting Panel, verify that the Scotch Malt Whisky inside this bottle has been
passed under some of the most scrupulous noses in the world and approved for re-
lease as a Society bottling.

Only single cask whiskies that promise to intrigue, entertain and delight our members
are selected, true to our motto: "TO  LEAVE  NO  NOSE UPTURNED ".

Process - and cooling water are obtained from the Scurran and Rowantree burns.
The Lauter Mash tun has a capacity of 9 tonnes, the mashing time is 6 hours.
The are 8 wooden Wash backs made from Scottish larch each 50.000 litres.
The 6 stills are traditional onion shaped
2 Wash stills with a capacity of 22.935 litres, charged a 20,000 litres
2 Spirit stills with a capacity of 9.292 litres, charged 7.099 litres
2 intermediate  stills with a capacity of 6.364 litres,  charged 5.243 litres
The 6 stills are grouped in trios, and each trio has its own still house
There worm tubs for cooling.
The new make has 76 % ABV
Benrinnes does 16 mashes a week, the output is 2.600.000 litres


It has six stills which are run in two pairs of three. For years a form of partial triple distillation was utilised to help promote a meaty/sulphury new make character. The low wines from the first distillation were split into strong and weak feints. The lower-strength portion was redistilled in the middle still and split into two again, with the stronger part [strong feints] being carried forward, the weaker being retained for the next charge. The strong feints were then mixed with the highest strength distillate from the wash still and redistilled in the spirit still.

Eveything is run through worm tubs which are kept very cold, adding weight and meatiness to the spirit. In recent years, this complex distillation has been simplified.

Occasionally seen as an independent bottling, the clearest manifestation of its meaty quality (which puts it in a similar stylistic camp as Dailuaine, Mortlach and Cragganmore) is Diageo’s Flora and Fauna bottling which comes from 100% ex-Sherry matured whisky.

Stronachie is also produced here

The current site of the Benrinnes distillery is in fact its second location. The original was built in 1826 by Peter MacKenzie but was destroyed in a flood in 1829. A new site was then found by John Innes.

Its most famous owner was Alexander Edward who was a partner in Craigellachie distillery, owned Aultmore, Dallas Dhu and was for a time co-owner of Oban [see Craigellachie]. The Edward family sold the distillery (which had caught fire in 1896) to John Dewar in 1922. It is now part of the Diageo stable.

1826
Lyne of Ruthrie distillery built at Whitehouse Farm in
Aberlour by Peter MacKenzie
1829
The distillery is destroyed by a flood, but a new distillery
is erected by John Innes a few miles away
1834
Innes goes bankrupt after just five years, and the business
is sold to William Smith & Co
1864
William Smith & Co also go bankrupt some 30 years later;
the distillery is bought by David Edward
1896
A serious fire breaks out, forcing a thorough
refurbishment of the property
1922
John Dewar & Sons purchases the distillery,
1925
and it becomes part of DCL
1955
Under DCL Benrinnes is completely refurbished
1964
Floor maltings replaced by Saladin box
1966
Benrinnes’ capacity is extended from three to six stills
1974
The distillery begins a partial triple distillation process
1984
The Saladin box installed at Benrinnes to replace its floor
maltings in 1964 is abandoned, leaving the distillery to
purchase its malt externally mostly fom Tamdhu
1991
Benrinnes’ first official bottling is a 15-year-old
Flora and Fauna
1996
United Distllers releases a 21 year in the
Rare Malt Series
2007
Benrinnes abandons triple distillation in favour of traditional
double distillation using two wash stills and four spirit stills
From 1966 until 2009 these were run three and three with
a partial triple distillation, now one wash still serves two
spirit stills
2009
A 23 year is launched as Speial Release
2010
A Manager's Choice 1996 is released
2014
A limited 21 year is released
2020
Capacity: 3.500.000 Ltrs


CONDENSER TYPE i
Worm tub
FERMENTATION TIME i
Minimum 60hrs
FILLING STRENGTH i
63.5%
GRIST WEIGHT (T) i
8.5
HEAT SOURCE i
Steam
MALT SPECIFICATION i
Unpeated
MALT SUPPLIER i
Mainly in house
MASH TUN TYPE i
Lauter
NEW-MAKE STRENGTH i
67%
SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L) i
5,500
SPIRIT STILL SHAPE i
Plain
STILLS i
6
WASH STILL CHARGE (L) i
20,000
WASH STILL SHAPE i
Plain
WASHBACK TYPE i
Wood
WASHBACKS i
8
WATER SOURCE i
Scurran and Rowantree Burns
WORT CLARITY i
Clear
YEAST TYPE i
Creamed

Diageo
1997 - present
United Distillers
1987 - 1997
Distillers Company Limited
1925 - 1987
John Dewar & Sons
1922 - 1925
Alexander Edward
1896 - 1922
David Edward
1864 - 1896
William Smith & Co
1834 - 1864
John Iness
1829 - 1834
Peter Mac

Benrinnes Distillery was built at a height of almost 700 feet (213 metres) above sea level, on the northern shoulder of Ben Rinnes. The mountain rises to a summit of 2,755 feet (840 metres), commands a view of nine counties, and is a landmark to the fishing fleet of the Moray Firth.

The large intrusion of "Ben Rinnes granite", injected in a molten state among and through existing rocks in geological times, is a fact of great importance to the Speyside distilling industry. Eleven distilleries obtain the finest of pure hill water from somewhere within the boundaries of this intrusion. Benrinnes Distillery is ideally located to exploit this natural advantage. Its water, as Alfred Barnard wrote in The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom, 1887, "rises from springs on the summit of the mountain and can be seen on a clear day some miles distant, sparkling over the prominent rocks on its downward course, passing over mossy banks and gravel, which perfectly filters it". Both process and cooling water are drawn from the Scurran and Rowantree burns.

The earliest known reference to Benrinnes dates from 1826, when Peter McKenzie was recorded as the licensed distiller. According to local tradition, the distillery was located near White-house Farm until it was swept away in the great flood of 1829. Barnard was told that "the works" had been built on the present site in 1835, "and from that day to the present have been continually altered and enlarged". As illustrated on the letterhead of John Innes, the distiller in 1842, they consisted of a farm steading with some of its outbuildings adapted for distilling purposes. The next known occupier, William Smith, testified before a bankruptcy court in 1864 that he had been tenant or sub-tenant for nineteen years of the farm of Lower Lyne of Ruthrie, where the distillery was located, and that he owned the distilling vessels, but not the buildings. Later that year, when Smith changed his place of residence to Banff Gaol, David Edward, farmer, of Gauldwell, took over the lease.

Alexander Edward succeeded his father as owner of Benrinnes, built Craigellachie and Aultmore Distilleries, and promoted various companies, including the Benrinnes-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. in 1897. This company acquired the lands, buildings, water rights, plant, vessels and the goodwill of the business for £78,930. Edward himself was chairman and managing director. His codirectors comprised two distillers, Innes Cameron of Linkwood, Elgin, and Duncan MacCallum of Glen Nevis, Campbeltown, with the local bank agent and F.W. Brickmann of Leith, a whisky broker.

The Northern Scot published a brief description of Benrinnes in 1899. The stillhouse and other main buildings had been rebuilt and remodelled after "a rather destructive fire" about three years earlier. An improved method of mashing, and the installation of three large stills, had increased capacity. There was a new plant for treating effluent; electric light had replaced paraffin lamps; and eight modern warehouses had been built, with a ninth in course of erection. The drawback of the distillery's upland situation was the distance from a railhead: all supplies came by horse and cart up the hill from Aberlour Station, three miles away.   

There were countervailing factors in its supplies of pure water, peat, barley and air, all of which "contributed to the high character which Benrinnes has attained in the market, and the high price it can always command".
The "heavy failure", later in 1899, of F.W. & 0. Brickmann,sole agents for the make, inflicted serious damage on the new company. A recession in the whisky industry followed.

Ten years later, the directors had to write down the capital from £80,096 to £39,800.

John Dewar & Sons Ltd. of Perth obtained control of the company in 1922. Ownership of Benrinnes was transferred in 1930 to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd., five years after Dewar's (and other major whisky blenders) had merged their business with that of The Distillers Company Limited.

Benrinnes closed in the winter of 1932-33, and again in 1943, owing to wartime restrictions on the supply of barley to distillers. It changed out of recognition within a few years of restarting production in 1945. At that time lighting was provided by a generator worked by a petrol engine or, when there was enough water, by a water-wheel. A Rushton-Hornsby steam engine drove the elevators that loaded malt into the kiln and worked the mashing machine. Another engine operated the barley elevators. All were replaced by electric power from the national grid in 1951.

By 1955 the condition of the main buildings had reached a stage where major reconstruction had become necessary. This work was completed, and distillation resumed, in 1956. The new distillery was rationally planned, more productive and easier to run. It was, inevitably, less picturesque. The old distillery had started as an extension of the farm steading, which was now demolished and replaced by a cask store and cooperage. Visitors leaving the office no longer tangled with a procession of cows (and a bull) emerging from the byres. There had been times when the beasts took fright, and the distillery employees were called out to round them up
.
There was no change in the method of production. A form of triple distillation is a characteris¬tic feature of the process as practised at Benrinnes. The furnaces of the three stills were hand-fired until 1963, when a mechanical coal-stoking system was installed. The number of stills was increased to six in 1966. They were converted to steam-heating from an oil-fired boiler in 1970.

A Saladin malting replaced the floor maltings in 1965. None of the Victorian buildings now remains except possibly No. 2 store and perhaps also the former cooperage and a few of the warehouses. Additional warehouses

Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. owns 27 houses for occupation by employees at Benrinnes. The distillery site occupies 10 acres (4 hectares) excluding Benrinnes Farm West, Derrybeg Farm and Moss-side Farm. These are owned and managed by SMD and occupy about 400 acres (162 hectares). The main products are cattle and grain.

Zijn zoon Edward volgde zijn vader op te Benrinnes, stichtte Craigellachie, Aultmore, was aandeelhouder in Oban en had invloed in veel bedrijven die met het maken van en de handel in met whisky hadden te maken.
The Benrinnes - Glenlivet Distillery Co, Ltd werd gevormd in 1897, en land, gebouwen, ma-chinerie, waterrechten en goodwill werden gekocht voor £ 78.930.
David Edward werd voorzitter en drie andere bekende namen in de Schotse whiskywereld werden zijn mededirecteuren: Innes Cameron van Linkwood, Duncan MacCallum van Glen Nevis (Campbetlown) en F.W. Brickmann te Leith" bankman en whiskymakelaar.
Benrinnnes produceerde tegen hoge kosten in die tijd vanwege de onmogelijke plaats van de distilleerderij: alles moest met paard en wagen van het spoorwegstation te Aberlour van en naar Benrinnnes worden vervoerd.
Maar door de hoge kwaliteit van het produkt kon men ook een hogere prijs vragen en krijgen.
In 1896 werd Benrinnnes grotendeels door brand verwoest en drie jaar later op grotere schaal herbouwd.
De parafine verlichting werd toen ook vervangen door electrisch licht.
Tengevolge van het bankroet van de blending firma Pattison te Leith in 1899, waarbij een groot aantal bedrijven in de whiskyindustrie mee werden gesleept, waaronder F.W. Brickman, die optrad als verkoopagent voor de whisky van Benrinnnes, beleefde Benrinnnes heel moeilijke jaren, net als zoveel anderen.
Tien jaar later werd het aandelenkapitaal afgeschreven van £ 80.096 tot £ 39.800. John Dewar & Sons Ltd, te Perth nam Benrinnnes in 1922 over.
In 1930 na het samengaan van Dewar en anderen met de Distillers Company Ltd (D.C.L) werd Benrinnnes onderdeel van Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd, de maltdivisie van de D.C.L.

Benrinnes sloot in 1932 - 1933 en weer in 1943. In 1945 werd Benrinnes weer opgestart.
Electriciteit werd toen opgewekt door een generator die werd aangedreven door een petro-leum motor, en indien de waterstand hoog genoeg was door middel van een water-wiel.


In 1951

werd Benrinnnes aangesloten op het
electriciteitsnet.

In 1955

werd Benrinnnes herbouwd en gemoderniseerd
en in 1956 weer opgestart.

In 1964

werden de moutvloeren gesloten en kwam
er een Saladin systeem.
Het water voor Benrinnes komt van drie
bronnen, Rowan Tree Burn, Benrinnes Spring en
Scurran Burn.
Er is één Mach tun van 8,6 ton en zes Wash backs
van elk 41.500 liter.
Benrinnes heeft zes ketels, waarmee een vorm
van drievoudige distillatie wordt toegepast.
De twee Wash stills zijn elk groot 20.943 liter,
de twee zogenaamde 'intermediate' stills zijn elk
5,243 liter en de twee Spirit stills zijn groot 7099 liter.
De ketels worden met stoom verhit.
Benrinnes kan 2.000.000 liter spirit per jaar produceren.
Bijna de gehele produktie was bestemd voor de
Crawford blended whiskies.
De distilleerderij bezit drie boerderijen:
Benrinnes Farm West, Derrybeg Farm en Moss-side Farm,
waarop graan wordt verbouwd en rundvee wordt gehouden.

October 2005

Diageo has announced that its 2005 Annual Rare Malts Selection
will be the last.
The collection will consist of four cask strenght single malts from
closed distilleries; Glen Mhor 28 years old, Millburn 35 years old,
Glendullan 26 years old and Linkwood 30 years old.
Dr. Nicholas Morgan, global malts marketing director commented:
'As the Special Releases are now well established, it makes less
sence to continue selecting and promoting a parallel series of
Rare Malts with his own separate indentity'.
In future, all premium and rare whiskies will be made available
in the annual Special Releases series.


Benrinnes Distillery was built at a height of almost 700 feet (213 metres) above sea level, on the northern shoulder of Ben Rinnes. The mountain rises to a summit of 2,755 feet (840 metres), commands a view of nine counties, and is a landmark to the fishing fleet of the Moray Firth.
The large intrusion of "Ben Rinnes granite", injected in a molten state among and through existing rocks in geological times, is a fact of great importance to the Speyside distilling industry. Eleven distilleries obtain the finest of pure hill water from somewhere within the boundaries of this intrusion. Benrinnes Distillery is ideally located to exploit this natural advantage. Its water, as Alfred Barnard wrote in The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom, 1887, "rises from springs on the summit of the mountain and can be seen on a clear day some miles distant, sparkling over the prominent rocks on its downward course, passing over mossy banks and gravel, which perfectly filters it". Both process and cooling water are
drawn from the Scurran and Rowantree burns.


The earliest known reference to Benrinnes dates from 1826, when Peter McKenzie was recorded as the licensed distiller. According to local tradition, the distillery was located near White-house Farm until it was swept away in the great flood of 1829. Barnard was told that "the works" had been built on the present site in 1835, "and from that day to the present have been continually altered and enlarged". As illustrated on the letterhead of John Innes, the distiller in 1842, they consisted of a farm steading with some of its outbuildings adapted for distilling purposes. The next known occupier, William Smith, testified before a bankruptcy court in 1864 that he had been tenant or sub-tenant for nineteen years of the farm of Lower Lyne of Ruthrie, where the distillery was located, and that he owned the distilling vessels, but not the buildings. Later that year, when Smith changed his place of residence to Banff Gaol, David Edward, farmer, of Gauldwell, took over the lease.


Alexander Edward succeeded his father as owner of Benrinnes, built Craigellachie and Aultmore Distilleries, and promoted various companies, including the Benrinnes-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. in 1897. This company acquired the lands, buildings, water rights, plant, vessels and the goodwill of the business for £78,930. Edward himself was chairman and managing director. His co-directors comprised two distillers, Innes Cameron of Linkwood, Elgin, and Duncan MacCallum of Glen Nevis, Campbeltown, with the local bank agent and F.W. Brickmann of Leith, a whisky broker.


The Northern Scot published a brief description of Benrinnes in 1899. The stillhouse and other main buildings had been rebuilt and remodelled after "a rather destructive fire" about three years earlier. An improved method of mashing, and the installation of three large stills, had increased capacity. There was a new plant for treating effluent; electric light had replaced paraffin lamps; and eight modern warehouses had been built, with a ninth in course of erection. The drawback of the distillery's upland situation was the distance from a railhead: all supplies came by horse and cart up the hill from Aberlour Station, three miles away. There were countervailing factors in its supplies of pure water, peat, barley and air, all of which "con-tributed to the high character which Benrinnes has attained in the market, and the high price it can always command".
The "heavy failure", later in 1899, of F.W. & 0. Brickmann,
sole agents for the make, inflicted serious damage on the new company.


A recession in the whisky industry followed. Ten years later, the directors had to write down the capital from £80,096 to £39,800.


John Dewar & Sons Ltd. of Perth obtained control of the company in 1922. Ownership of Benrinnes was transferred in 1930 to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd., five years after Dewar's (and other major whisky blenders) had merged their business with that of The Distillers Company Limited.


Benrinnes closed in the winter of 1932-33, and again in 1943, owing to wartime restrictions on the supply of barley to distillers. It changed out of recognition within a few years of restarting production in 1945. At that time lighting was provided by a generator worked by a petrol engine or, when there was enough water, by a water-wheel. A Rushton-Hornsby steam engine drove the elevators that loaded malt into the kiln and worked the mashing machine. Another engine operated the barley elevators. All were replaced by electric power from the national grid in 1951.


By 1955 the condition of the main buildings had reached a stage where major reconstruction had become necessary. This work was completed, and distillation resumed, in 1956. The new distillery was rationally planned, more productive and easier to run. It was, inevitably, less picturesque. The old distillery had started as an extension of the farm steading, which was now demolished and replaced by a cask store and cooperage. Visitors leaving the office no longer tangled with a procession of cows (and a bull) emerging from the byres. There had been times when the beasts took fright, and the distillery employees were called out to round them up.


There was no change in the method of production. A form of triple distillation is a characteristic feature of the process as practised at Benrinnes. The furnaces of the three stills were hand-fired until 1963, when a mechanical coal-stoking system was installed. The number of stills was increased to six in 1966. They were converted to steam-heating from an oil-fired boiler in 1970.


A Saladin malting replaced the floor maltings in 1965. None of the Victorian buildings now remains except possibly No. 2 store and perhaps also the former cooperage and a few of the warehouses. Additional warehouses were built in 1978-81.


Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. owns 27 houses for occupation by employees at Benrinnes. The distillery site occupies 10 acres (4 hectares) excluding Benrinnes Farm West, Derrybeg Farm and Moss-side Farm. These are owned and managed by SMD and occupy about 400 acres (162 hectares). The main products are cattle and grain.
The licensed distillers are A. & A. Crawford Ltd., Leith, blenders of Crawford's Three Star and Five Star Scotch whiskies.

April 2013
Diageo has named Teaninich near Alness as the location for its plans to build a new 50 million pound new malt whisky distillery and will be adjacent the existing Teaninich distillery
but will have its own name and indentity and will have the capacity to produce 13 million
litres of spirit p[er annum from its 16 stills.

Diageo also invest 12 million pound in expanding the Teaninich distillery to almost doubless capacity.

The site will also feature a bio - energy plant.

The work will begin in 2014.

Diageo also will invest in Mortlach distillery  in building a new still house and an other invest-
ment will be at Glendullan distillery to process co products in an anaerobic digestion process, producing bio - gas which will be used to power the Glendullan distillery.

There are also expansion and upgrade developments for more then 40 million pound in
Linkwood, Mannochmore, Glendullan, Dailuaine, Benrinnes, Inchgower, Cragganmore,
Glen Elgin, Glen Ord and in a new bio - energie plants in Glenlossie and Dailuaine.

Also new warehouse are build at Cluny near Kirkcaldy.

And at Talisker  a new visitor centre is build for a 1 million pound


For a long time the stills were run three and three, instead of in pairs. This technique is
reminiscent of Springbank's partial triple distillation and was probably adopted in con-
nection with rebuilding the distillery in 1955.

Process - and cooling water are obtained from the Scurran and Rowantree burns.
The Lauter Mash tun has a capacity of 9 tonnes, the mashing time is 6 hours.
The are 8 wooden Wash backs made from Scottish larch each 50.000 litres.
The 6 stills are traditional onion shaped
2 Wash stills with a capacity of 22.935 litres, charged a 20,000 litres
2 Spirit stills with a capacity of 9.292 litres, charged 7.099 litres
2 intermediate  stills with a capacity of 6.364 litres,  charged 5.243 litres
The 6 stills are grouped in trios, and each trio has its own still house
There worm tubs for cooling.
The new make has 76 % ABV
Benrinnes does 16 mashes a week, the output is 2.600.000 litres


Licentiehouder: A. & A. Crawford Ltd, Leith. Onderdeel van Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (S.M.D.) De malt divisie van United Distillers Ltd. Eigendom van Guinness.
De eerste distilleerderij die werd gebouwd op de hellingen van de Benrinnes en ook zijn naam kreeg.

Benrinnes is 213 meter boven de zeespiegel gelegen en wordt voor het eerst genoemd toen Peter McKenzie boerde op de Whitehouse Farm en ook distilleerde.

In 1829 werd de distilleerderij weggevaagd door een vloedgolf van water die de berg afkwam Benrinnes werd herbouwd in 1835, anderhalve kilometer meer de berg op, op zijn huidige plek.

De distilleerderij was zo ontworpen dat men gebruik maakte van het hoogteverschil, van het terrein, zodat men maar één pomp nodig had in het gehele complex.

In 1842 was John Innes hier distillateur. In 1845 werd William Smith distillateur, hij was eigenaar van de aperatuur, maar niet van de gebouwen en ging in 1864 bankroet.In 1864 werd David Edward huurder van de grond en gebouwen.

Zijn zoon Edward volgde zijn vader op te Benrinnes, stichtte Craigellachie, Aultmore, was aandeelhouder in Oban en had invloed in veel bedrijven die met het maken van en de handel in met whisky hadden te maken.

The Benrinnes - Glenlivet Distillery Co, Ltd werd gevormd in 1897, en land, gebouwen, machinerie, waterrechten en goodwill werden gekocht voor £ 78.930.  David Edward werd voorzitter en drie andere bekende namen
in de Schotse whiskywereld werden zijn mededirecteuren: Innes Cameron van Linkwood, Duncan MacCallum van Glen Nevis (Campbetlown) en F.W. Brickmann te Leith" bankman en whiskymakelaar.

Benrinnnes produceerde tegen hoge kosten in die tijd vanwege de onmogelijke plaats van de distilleerderij: alles moest met paard en wagen van het spoorwegstation te Aberlour van en naar Benrinnnes worden vervoerd.
Maar door de hoge kwaliteit van het produkt kon men ook een hogere prijs vragen en krijgen.

In 1896 werd Benrinnnes grotendeels door brand verwoest en drie jaar later op grotere schaal herbouwd.De parafine verlichting werd toen ook vervangen door electrisch licht.

Tengevolge van het bankroet van de blending firma Pattison te Leith in 1899, waarbij een groot aantal bedrijven in de whiskyindustrie mee werden gesleept, waaronder F.W. Brickman, die optrad als verkoopagent voor de whisky van Benrinnnes, beleefde Benrinnnes heel moeilijke jaren, net als zoveel anderen.

Tien jaar later werd het aandelenkapitaal afgeschreven van £ 80.096 tot £ 39.800. John Dewar & Sons Ltd, te Perth nam Benrinnnes in 1922 over.In 1930 na het samengaan van Dewar en anderen met de Distillers Company Ltd (D.C.L) werd Benrinnnes onderdeel van Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd, de maltdivisie van de D.C.L.

Benrinnes sloot in 1932 - 1933 en weer in 1943. In 1945 werd Benrinnes weer opgestart.

Electriciteit werd toen opgewekt door een generator die werd aangedreven door een petro-leum motor, en indien de waterstand hoog genoeg was door middel van een water-wiel.In 1951 werd Benrinnnes aangesloten op het electriciteitsnet.

In 1955 werd Benrinnnes herbouwd en gemoderniseerd en in 1956 weer opgestart.In 1964 werden de moutvloeren gesloten en kwam er een Saladin systeem.Het water voor Benrinnes komt van drie bronnen, Rowan Tree Burn, Benrinnes Spring en Scurran Burn. Er is één Mach tun van 8,6 ton en zes Wash backs van elk 41.500 liter. Benrinnes heeft zes ketels, waarmee een vorm van drievoudige distillatie wordt toegepast.
De twee Wash stills zijn elk groot 20.943 liter, de twee zogenaamde 'intermediate' stills zijn elk 5,243 liter en de twee Spirit stills zijn groot 7099 liter. De ketels worden met stoom verhit.  Benrinnes kan 2.000.000 liter
spirit per jaar produceren. Bijna de gehele produktie was bestemd voor de Crawford blended whiskies. De distilleerderij bezit drie boerderijen: Benrinnes Farm West, Derrybeg Farm en Moss-side Farm, waarop graan
wordt verbouwd en rundvee wordt gehouden.

October 2005
Diageo has announced that its 2005 Annual Rare Malts Selection will be the last.
The collection will consist of four cask strenght single malts from closed distilleries; Glen Mhor 28 years old, Millburn 35 years old, Glendullan 26 years old and Linkwood 30 years old.
Dr. Nicholas Morgan, global malts marketing director commented: 'As the Special Releases are now well established, it makes less sence to continue selecting and promoting a parallel series of Rare Malts with his own separate indentity'.
In future, all premium and rare whiskies will be made available in the annual Special Re-leases series.

Benrinnes Distillery was built at a height of almost 700 feet (213 metres) above sea level, on the northern shoulder of Ben Rinnes. The mountain rises to a summit of 2,755 feet (840 metres), commands a view of nine counties, and is a landmark to the fishing fleet of the Moray Firth.
The large intrusion of "Ben Rinnes granite", injected in a molten state among and through existing rocks in geological times, is a fact of great importance to the Speyside distilling industry. Eleven distilleries obtain the finest of pure hill water from somewhere within the boundaries of this intrusion. Benrinnes Distillery is ideally located to exploit this natural advantage. Its water, as Alfred Barnard wrote in The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom, 1887, "rises from springs on the summit of the mountain and can be seen on a clear day some miles distant, sparkling over the prominent rocks on its downward course, passing over mossy banks and gravel, which perfectly filters it". Both process and cooling water are drawn from the Scurran and Rowantree burns.

The earliest known reference to Benrinnes dates from 1826, when Peter McKenzie was recorded as the licensed distiller. According to local tradition, the distillery was located near White-house Farm until it was swept away in the great flood of 1829. Barnard was told that "the works" had been built on the present site in 1835, "and from that day to the present have been continually altered and enlarged". As illustrated on the letterhead of John Innes, the distiller in 1842, they consisted of a farm steading with some of its outbuildings adapted for distilling purposes. The next known occupier, William Smith, testified before a bankruptcy court in 1864 that he had been tenant or sub-tenant for nineteen years of the farm of Lower Lyne of Ruthrie, where the distillery was located, and that he owned the distilling vessels, but not the buildings. Later that year, when Smith changed his place of residence to Banff Gaol, David Edward, farmer, of Gauldwell, took over the lease.

Alexander Edward succeeded his father as owner of Benrinnes, built Craigellachie and Aultmore Distilleries, and promoted various companies, including the Benrinnes-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. in 1897. This company acquired the lands, buildings, water rights, plant, vessels and the goodwill of the business for £78,930. Edward himself was chairman and managing director. His co-directors comprised two distillers, Innes Cameron of Linkwood, Elgin, and Duncan MacCallum of Glen Nevis, Campbeltown, with the local bank agent and F.W. Brickmann of Leith, a whisky broker.

The Northern Scot published a brief description of Benrinnes in 1899. The stillhouse and other main buildings had been rebuilt and remodelled after "a rather destructive fire" about three years earlier. An improved method of mashing, and the installation of three large stills, had increased capacity. There was a new plant for treating effluent; electric light had replaced paraffin lamps; and eight modern warehouses had been built, with a ninth in course of erection. The drawback of the distillery's upland situation was the distance from a railhead: all supplies came by horse and cart up the hill from Aberlour Station, three miles away. There were countervailing factors in its supplies of pure water, peat, barley and air, all of which "con-tributed to the high character which Benrinnes has attained in the market, and the high price it can always command".

The "heavy failure", later in 1899, of F.W. & 0. Brickmann,
sole agents for the make, inflicted serious damage on the new company. A recession in the whisky industry followed. Ten years later, the directors had to write down the capital from £80,096 to £39,800.

John Dewar & Sons Ltd. of Perth obtained control of the company in 1922. Ownership of Benrinnes was transferred in 1930 to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd., five years after Dewar's (and other major whisky blenders) had merged their business with that of The Distillers Company Limited.

Benrinnes closed in the winter of 1932-33, and again in 1943, owing to wartime restrictions on the supply of barley to distillers. It changed out of recognition within a few years of restarting production in 1945. At that time lighting was provided by a generator worked by a petrol engine or, when there was enough water, by a water-wheel. A Rushton-Hornsby steam engine drove the elevators that loaded malt into the kiln and worked the mashing machine. Another engine operated the barley elevators. All were replaced by electric power from the national grid in 1951.

By 1955 the condition of the main buildings had reached a stage where major reconstruction had become necessary. This work was completed, and distillation resumed, in 1956. The new distillery was rationally planned, more productive and easier to run. It was, inevitably, less picturesque. The old distillery had started as an extension of the farm steading, which was now demolished and replaced by a cask store and cooperage. Visitors leaving the office no longer tangled with a procession of cows (and a bull) emerging from the byres. There had been times when the beasts took fright, and the distillery employees were called out to round them up.

There was no change in the method of production. A form of triple distillation is a characteristic feature of the process as practised at Benrinnes. The furnaces of the three stills were hand-fired until 1963, when a mechanical coal-stoking system was installed. The number of stills was increased to six in 1966. They were converted to steam-heating from an oil-fired boiler in 1970.

A Saladin malting replaced the floor maltings in 1965. None of the Victorian buildings now remains except possibly No. 2 store and perhaps also the former cooperage and a few of the warehouses. Additional warehouses were built in 1978-81.

Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. owns 27 houses for occupation by employees at Benrinnes. The distillery site occupies 10 acres (4 hectares) excluding Benrinnes Farm West, Derrybeg Farm and Moss-side Farm. These are owned and managed by SMD and occupy about 400 acres (162 hectares). The main products are cattle and grain.
The licensed distillers are A. & A. Crawford Ltd., Leith, blenders of Crawford's Three Star and Five Star Scotch whiskies.

April 2013
Diageo has named Teaninich near Alness as the location for its plans to build a new 50 million pound new malt whisky distillery and will be adjacent the existing Teaninich distillerybut will have its own name and indentity
and will have the capacity to produce 13 million litres of spirit p[er annum from its 16 stills. Diageo also invest 12 million pound in expanding the Teaninich distillery to almost doubless capacity.

The site will also feature a bio - energy plant. The work will begin in 2014.

Diageo also will invest in Mortlach distillery  in building a new still house and an other investment will be at Glendullan distillery to process co products in an anaerobic digestion process, producing bio - gas which
will be used to power the Glendullan distillery.

There are also expansion and upgrade developments for more then 40 million pound in Linkwood, Mannochmore, Glendullan, Dailuaine, Benrinnes, Inchgower, Cragganmore. Glen Elgin, Glen Ord and in a new bio - energie plants in Glenlossie and Dailuaine. Also new warehouse are build at Cluny near Kirkcaldy. And at Talisker  a new visitor centre is build for a 1 million pound.

Water: Rowan Tree Burn, Scurran Burn, Benrinnes Spring
Mash tun: 1 x 8.6 tonnes
Washbacks: 8 x 41.500 litres
2 wash stills x 20.943 litres,
2 intermediate stills x 5243 litres,
2 spirit stills x 7099 litres
Output: 2.000.000 litres

For a long time the stills were run three and three, instead of in pairs. This technique is
reminiscent of Springbank's partial triple distillation and was probably adopted in con-
nection with rebuilding the distillery in 1955.

For the last couple of years, though this has changed and two wash stills are now feeding
four spirit stills, two of which were originally intermediate stills.

It has six stills which are run in two pairs of three. For years a form of partial triple distillation was utilised to help promote a meaty/sulphury new make character. The low wines from the first distillation were split into strong and weak feints. The lower-strength portion was redistilled in the middle still and split into two again, with the stronger part [strong feints] being carried forward, the weaker being retained for the next charge. The strong feints were then mixed with the highest strength distillate from the wash still and redistilled in the spirit still.

Eveything is run through worm tubs which are kept very cold, adding weight and meatiness to the spirit. In recent years, this complex distillation has been simplified.

Occasionally seen as an independent bottling, the clearest manifestation of its meaty quality (which puts it in a similar stylistic camp as Dailuaine, Mortlach and Cragganmore) is Diageo’s Flora and Fauna bottling which comes from 100% ex-Sherry matured whisky.B

The current site of the Benrinnes distillery is in fact its second location. The original was built in 1826 by Peter MacKenzie but was destroyed in a flood in 1829. A new site was then found by John Innes.

Its most famous owner was Alexander Edward who was a partner in Craigellachie distillery, owned Aultmore, Dallas Dhu and was for a time co-owner of Oban [see Craigellachie]. The Edward family sold the distillery (which had caught fire in 1896) to John Dewar in 1922. It is now part of the Diageo stable.

Diageo
1997 - present
United Distillers
1987 - 1997
Distillers Company Limited
1925 - 1987
John Dewar & Sons
1922 - 1925
Alexander Edward
1896 - 1922
David Edward
1864 - 1896
William Smith & Co
1834 - 1864
John Iness
1829 - 1834
Peter Mac

It has six stills which are run in two pairs of three. For years a form of partial triple distillation was utilised to help promote a meaty/sulphury new make character. The low wines from the first distillation were split into strong and weak feints. The lower-strength portion was redistilled in the middle still and split into two again, with the stronger part [strong feints] being carried forward, the weaker being retained for the next charge. The strong feints were then mixed with the highest strength distillate from the wash still and redistilled in the spirit still.

Everything is run through worm tubs which are kept very cold, adding weight and meatiness to the spirit. In recent years, this complex distillation has been simplified.

Occasionally seen as an independent bottling, the clearest manifestation of its meaty quality (which puts it in a similar stylistic camp as Dailuaine, Mortlach and Cragganmore) is Diageo’s Flora and Fauna bottling which comes from 100% ex-Sherry matured whisky.

Most of the production goes in the blended whiskies Johnnie Walker, J & B and Crawford's 3 Star

The current site of the Benrinnes distillery is in fact its second location. The original was built in 1826 by Peter MacKenzie but was destroyed in a flood in 1829. A new site was then found by John Innes.

Its most famous owner was Alexander Edward who was a partner in Craigellachie distillery, owned Aultmore, Dallas Dhu and was for a time co-owner of Oban [see Craigellachie]. The Edward family sold the distillery (which had caught fire in 1896) to John Dewar in 1922. It is now part of the Diageo stable.

CONDENSER TYPE i
Worm tub
FERMENTATION TIME i
Minimum 60hrs
FILLING STRENGTH i
63.5%
GRIST WEIGHT (T) i
8.5
HEAT SOURCE i
Steam
MALT SPECIFICATION i
Unpeated
MALT SUPPLIER i
Mainly in house
MASH TUN TYPE i
Lauter
NEW-MAKE STRENGTH i
67%
SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L) i
5,500
SPIRIT STILL SHAPE i
Plain
STILLS i
6
WASH STILL CHARGE (L) i
20,000
WASH STILL SHAPE i
Plain
WASHBACK TYPE i
Wood
WASHBACKS i
8
WATER SOURCE i
Scurran and Rowantree Burns
WORT CLARITY i
Clear
YEAST TYPE i
Creamed

Diageo
1997 - present
United Distillers
1987 - 1997
Distillers Company Limited
1925 - 1987
John Dewar & Sons
1922 - 1925
Alexander Edward
1896 - 1922
David Edward
1864 - 1896
William Smith & Co
1834 - 1864
John Iness
1829 - 1834
Peter Mackenzie
1826 - 1829

2020 Capacity = 3.500.000 Ltrs
Output = 2.700.000 Ltrs
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