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SMWS 36.219: Benrinnes

“Pondering thoughts” · Past release, no longer on sale
Pondering thoughts - SMWS 36.219Sold outJul 2024
36.219

Pondering thoughts

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age11 years
ABV58.3%
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 36
DistilleryBenrinnes
RegionSpeyside

In short · Benrinnes (Speyside), 11 years.

“For us this one was all over the place!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£55View on SMWS

SMWS 36.219 is a single cask of Benrinnes, in the Speyside region, 11 years old, bottled at 58.3%, released in the Jul 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 36.x is from Benrinnes.

How the price compares
At £55, this 11-year-old cost less than all 8 Benrinnes bottlings aged 12–13 released 2022–2026 that we hold. They ranged from £59.10 to £75.20, with a median of £70.
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 Benrinnes

On the lower slopes of Ben Rinnes, above Aberlour, Benrinnes was founded in 1826, washed away by a flood three years later and rebuilt in a farmhouse's outbuildings. From 1974 to 2007 it ran a singular partial triple distillation, and its stills still condense in worm tubs, which leave the spirit heavy, meaty and faintly sulphurous, a thoroughly old-fashioned Speysider that blenders treasure. Diageo's.

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