Benriach 1976-2012 | 35 Year Old | Single Cask 8804Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 54. 9% Benriach cask 8804 the second release from 1976 and again aged for 35 years. drawn from a single cask hogshead, a peated version from Batch 9, and was bottled in 2012 with a slightly higher yield of 232 individually numbered bottles and bottled at cask strength.

Series Centenary Reserve

Typical Auchroisk

named after the famous whirlpool that lies to the north of Islay

Palate: Well balanced with tones of chocolate

handmade in oak by Scottish craftsman Sam Chinnery and hand-engraved by Sam’s father

Another rather stunning entry at the top end of batch 11

Bottled by: Douglas Laing 70cl / 41

This peated 22-year-old Benriach is matured in American Bourbon barrels and then finished in Dark Rum casks sourced from Jamaica

As you'd expect

The result is

with Supernova weighing in with a phenolicity of over 100ppm

Decades of ageing have brought remarkable complexity and elegance while preserving the spirit's unique personality