Benrinnes Distillery

Details

Meaning:

Pointy Mountain / Spitzer Berg

Region:

Speyside

Location:

Aberlour, Banffshire

Founded:

1826 by Peter McKenzie

Current Owner:

Diageo

Status:

Active

Capacity:

2,540,000 litres / year

Blends:

Johnnie Walker (Red & Black), J & B, Dewar's, Crawford's 3 Star, The Castle, The Antiquary

Notes:

First distillery destroyed by flooding just 3 years after construction
Like Springbank, partial triple distillation (since 1956)
One of only 13 distilleries still using worm tubs for cooling - 9 of these belong to Diageo

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