Benrinnes Distillery
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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 Picture
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