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The Benrinnes distillery (sometimes spelled ‘Ben Rinnes’) was constructed near the site of an earlier distillery which was built near Whitehouse Farm, Banffshire in 1826. It was perhaps not the most fortunate choice of locations: the first Benrinnes distillery was destroyed by a flood in 1829. Ordinary people might have given up, but not the Scots. Another distillery was constructed nearby in/around 1835. The owner of this new distillery changed several times before John Dewar & Sons acquired Benrinnes in 1922.

The nose is full of lychees and passion fruit, roasted coffee beans, and rum-soaked star fruit, with cloudy apple juice and wood char. The palate has cocoa, dark chocolate, and a wealth of tropical fruit, with a large helping of spice. When water is added burnt chocolate sponge cake and sweet sherry materializes.
The finish is ridiculously long with notes of bitter coffee and chocolate biscuits chased with clean, refreshing mint, and with time burnt double-chocolate-chip cookie crumbs appear.

Details
  • Bottle Size750
  • DistilleryBenrinnes
  • StyleSingle Malt Scotch
  • RegionScotland
  • Age14
  • ABV56.8%
  • No. of Bottles566
  • Year Bottled2017
  • Country of OriginScotland
  • Cask StrengthYes
  • BottlerDistiller's Art
  • Cask TypeSherry
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