BenRiach ‘Malting Season’ Third Edition Single Malt Whisky 700ml 48.3%

A celebration of BenRiach’s floor maltings that lie at the heart of the Distillery.

Details
700ml: 48.3% alc
Age: 9.5 to10.5 years
Region: Speyside
Cask Type: Virgin Oak/Bourbon
Bottler: BenRiach
Distilled: Autumn 2012 & 2013
Release Date: March 2024 (AU)

Description
The average age of Malting Season Third Edition is 10 years old, combining 9.5 and 10.5-year-old stocks malted and distilled in the Autumn of 2012 and 2013. Malting Season First and Second Edition were both just over 8 years old at the time of bottling. As a result of the additional maturation, Malting Season Third Edition has developed the top note complexity flexing plenty of fruit, barley sugar and almond cream.

The Distillery comments;
Every year during ‘Maltings Season’ our dedicated team of craftsmen malt barley onsite the old way
using this historic floor maltings. The malt produced during our ‘Maltings Season’ results in a wholesome and creamy single malt of exceptional richness of character, a tribute to our founder and the slow craft of his historic maltings, which our team of skilled craftsmen continue to this day, in the pursuit of exceptional flavour.

Interesting fact.
Benriach is just one of two Speyside distilleries and one of eight distilleries in Scotland that distils whisky from its own floor maltings.