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SMWS 12.83: BenRiach

“An enthralling experience” · Past release, no longer on sale
An enthralling experience - SMWS 12.83Sold outAug 2024
12.83

An enthralling experience

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age15 years
ABV57.5%
Cask1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 12
DistilleryBenRiach
RegionSpeyside

In short · BenRiach (Speyside), 15 years.

“Wow!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£95View on SMWS

SMWS 12.83 is a single cask of BenRiach, in the Speyside region, 15 years old, bottled at 57.5%, released in the Aug 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 12.x is from BenRiach.

How the price compares
At £95, this 15-year-old cost more than 1 of the 3 BenRiach bottlings aged 14–16 released 2023–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £90 to £98.40, with a median of £95.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About BenRiach

Near Elgin, in the Speyside heartland, BenRiach was founded in 1898 but spent long stretches shuttered, its stills and old floor maltings fallen quiet. Its modern life began in 2004, when Billy Walker and partners bought the sleeping distillery and set about proving Speyside could be adventurous, distilling peated as well as classic unpeated spirit and maturing it in an inventive spread of casks. Now owned by Brown-Forman, it has kept that restless streak. The range runs from honeyed and orchard-fresh to smoky and richly sherried, which makes a single cask a small lottery of styles, and part of the fun of the name.

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