BenRiach distillery

Speyside, Moray, Scotland. Founded in 1898. Owned by Brown-Forman.

Founded: 1898
Region: Speyside
Owner: Brown-Forman
Limited lines: 1
Editions tracked: 4

Benriach Smoke Season. Picture from Dram Street.

About BenRiachScotland

Benriach Distillery was founded in 1898 by John Duff on a small hill at the site of the old Riach farm in the north of Speyside, near Elgin. It closed in 1900 after the Pattison crash, but its floor maltings kept working and supplied malted barley to neighbouring Longmorn Distillery until production restarted in 1965. Seagram bought it in 1985, a consortium led by Billy Walker acquired it in 2004, and Brown-Forman bought it in 2016. The distillery began distilling peated spirit with Highland peat in 1972 and is known for unpeated and peated malt matured in a wide range of casks. Master Blender Dr Rachel Barrie, appointed in 2017, selects its limited releases, such as the annual Smoke Season and Malting Season and single cask bottlings.

Limited lines

Each BenRiach line in the book, with dates and shop stock.

No.	Line	Age · strength	Last release	Next	Editions	Shop stock
001	Benriach Smoke Season	No age statement · 52.8% ABV	January 2023	No estimate	4	Sold out

Edition archive

4 editions across 1 line, newest first.

No.	Released	Edition	Line	Strength	Bottles
001	January 2023	Australia release	Benriach Smoke Season	52.8% ABV	Not stated
002	October 2022	Second edition, US release	Benriach Smoke Season	52.8% ABV	Not stated
003	October 2021	US release	Benriach Smoke Season	52.8% ABV	Not stated
004	26 February 2021	Global launch	Benriach Smoke Season	52.8% ABV	Not stated

How to get its releasesBenRiach

Benriach's limited releases such as Smoke Season and Malting Season are annual expressions sold in limited quantities in select markets through retailers listed on its stockists page. The distillery visitor centre near Elgin, opened on 21 May 2021 in an old brewer's cottage, has a bar, tasting lounge and shop and is open daily from 10am to 5pm. Its Distillery Exclusives tasting offers limited edition expressions only available at the distillery, and a tours guide says the shop sells exclusive bottlings including distillery-only releases. Benriach announces news on its website and through a newsletter signup.

Where it announces	Benriach news, Benriach newsletter, Instagram @benriach and Facebook BenRiach
At the distillery	The visitor centre sells bottlings you cannot buy elsewhere.

Where it isScotland

Location	Moray, Scotland
Whisky region	Speyside
Owner	Brown-Forman
Website	benriachdistillery.co.uk/tmenu/a_warm_welcome.asp

Other Speyside distilleriesLimited lines

Glenfiddich1 line
The Macallan4 lines
The Glenlivet1 line
Balvenie1 line
Aberlour1 line
Cardhu1 line
Glenfarclas1 line
Benromach1 line
Mortlach1 line
Glenallachie2 lines

Sources

BenRiach on Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org
Our Heritage, Benriach Distillery
Benriach Distillery, Benriach Distillery
Distillery Experiences, Benriach Distillery
Benriach unveils its first ever distillery visitor centre, Northern Scot
Benriach's 'Malting Season', 'Smoke Season' Whiskies See Second Releases, The Whiskey Wash
Benriach Distillery, Distillery Tours Scotland

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