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SMWS Code 47: Benromach

Distillery behind Society cask numbers 47.x

SMWS code 47 is Benromach, in the Speyside region. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1898. Any Society bottling numbered 47.x (for example 47.1, 47.42) is a single cask from Benromach.

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About Benromach

“Benromach distillery is a Speyside distillery founded by Duncan McCallum and F.W. Brickman in 1898 and currently owned and run by Gordon and Macphail of Elgin.”From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading 47.403 means cask 403 from distillery 47. That distillery is Benromach, in Speyside. More on Benromach at Wikipedia.

Other Speyside distilleries: 1 Glenfarclas, 2 Glenlivet, 7 Longmorn, 8 Tamdhu, 9 Glen Grant, 12 BenRiach, 15 Glenfiddich, 18 Inchgower, 24 Macallan, 30 Glenrothes, 34 Tamnavulin, 35 Glen Moray · all Speyside codes

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Which distillery is SMWS code 47?
SMWS code 47 is Benromach, in the Speyside region. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1898. Any Society bottling numbered 47.x (for example 47.1 or 47.42) is a single cask from Benromach.