BenRiach 16 Years Old 1996
Cask Strength & Carry On Limited Edition
Winning Bid
£43.50
NO RESERVE
BenRiach 16 Years Old 1996
Cask Strength & Carry On Limited Edition
Lot #0250907
FINISH DATE
31 December 2015
A limited edition for the Caskstrength.net website; this Benriach was distilled in 1996 then bottled in July 2012 from a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Hogshead with a yield of just 296 bottles aged 16 years.
BenRiach
Benriach has a chequered history since its foundation in 1898. Sold shortly afterwards, as its owner, John Duff, couldn’t afford to keep it going along with the Longmorn distillery. Things didn’t improve for a considerable period of time; 65 years in fact. As the doors closed at Benriach in 1900 for that period of time. Fortunately, the distillery survived and sprung back into life and was expanded in 1985 with a new set of stills. Good times didn’t last too long as the distillery closed its doors again in 2001, but Billy Walker saw the potential and a substantial inventory. Arguably it was only in the following years that we all began to understand what Benriach could deliver, as did Brown-Forman who purchased the distillery in 2016.
Lot Features
Region
Scotland, Speyside
