BenRiach Launched a 40 Years Old

Posted on May 10, 2007
Filed Under For the collector, Speyside, WhiskyBuzz |

I missed this one earlier this year. However, I think it’s worth publishing still.

In the end of february The BenRiach Distillery Company announced the release of what they believe is the oldest expression of BenRiach Single Malt Whisky in existence today - ‘The BenRiach’ 40 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

Taken from their extremely limited stocks of 1966 BenRiach, two hogsheads have been selected and combined to produce just 265 bottles, so this is a truly exclusive product.

Originally built in 1898, the BenRiach Distillery closed in 1900 when the Scotch Whisky industry entered a period of recession, and remained closed until 1965 when it was re-opened by Glenlivet Distillers Ltd. Although limited quantities of whisky were distilled at BenRiach during 1965, none of those casks remain today, but they were fortunate enough to acquire a handful of casks dating from 1966 when we purchased the distillery in April 2004.

The BenRiach 40 Years Old is bottled at 50% vol at natural colour and is non-chill-filtered.

Each bottle is hand numbered, and comes housed in a beautiful mahogany gift box, which also contains a miniature version of the 40YO, an engraved BenRiach pewter hip flask, and a certificate of authenticity signed by BenRiach’s managing director and master distiller Billy Walker.