{"product_id":"benrinnes-28-year-old-1996-smws-single-1st-fill-px-cask-36-228-the-snaking-coil-the-creators-collection-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","title":"Benrinnes 28 Year Old 1996 SMWS Single 1st Fill American Oak PX Cask 36.228 The Snaking Coil 'The Creators Collection Tales Of The Wormtub' Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBenrinnes 28 Year Old 1996 SMWS Single 1st Fill American Oak PX Cask 36.228 The Snaking Coil 'The Creators Collection Tales Of The Wormtub' Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 222 bottles produced from a single ex bourbon American Oak PX cask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotch Malt Whisky Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eDivine aromas of marzipan, dark chocolate and apple shisha tobacco combined to form a golden halo above rose petals dipped in allspice and sherry. Then on a throne of leather and polished mahogany sat an apparition of plums, bananas and fudge, sipping sticky dessert wine from a golden grail. A little water beckoned figs and apricots to fall from the heavenly oak tree. Now, raindrops of ginger wine, manuka honey and whisky liqueur splashed on to the pages of antique library books. The everlasting finish was full of splendour; a fusion of quince, coconut and cherry sweets rolled in fragrant hibiscus flowers. After spending 26 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, this was transferred to a first fill American oak PX hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Benrinnes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocated on the lower slopes of Speyside’s sentinel mountain, ‘The Ben’ is another of those intriguing distilleries which produces a highly individual make but which – due to its demand by blenders – has never become a front-line single malt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has six stills which are run in two pairs of three. For years a form of partial triple distillation was utilised to help promote a meaty\/sulphury new make character. The low wines from the first distillation were split into strong and weak feints. The lower-strength portion was redistilled in the middle still and split into two again, with the stronger part [strong feints] being carried forward, the weaker being retained for the next charge. The strong feints were then mixed with the highest strength distillate from the wash still and redistilled in the spirit still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything is run through worm tubs which are kept very cold, adding weight and meatiness to the spirit. In recent years, this complex distillation has been simplified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOccasionally seen as an independent bottling, the clearest manifestation of its meaty quality (which puts it in a similar stylistic camp as Dailuaine, Mortlach and Cragganmore) is Diageo’s Flora and Fauna bottling which comes from 100% ex-Sherry matured whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe current site of the Benrinnes distillery is in fact its second location. The original was built in 1826 by Peter MacKenzie but was destroyed in a flood in 1829. A new site was then found by John Innes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts most famous owner was Alexander Edward who was a partner in Craigellachie distillery, owned Aultmore, Dallas Dhu and was for a time co-owner of Oban [see Craigellachie]. The Edward family sold the distillery (which had caught fire in 1896) to John Dewar in 1922. It is now part of the Diageo stable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e47% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Benrinnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55006004085074,"sku":"BENRIN28SMWS36.228","price":459.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Benrinnes28YearOld1996SMWSSingle1stFillAmericanOakPXCask36.228TheSnakingCoil_TheCreatorsCollectionTalesOfTheWormtub_SpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2025_70cl.jpg?v=1791578942","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/benrinnes-28-year-old-1996-smws-single-1st-fill-px-cask-36-228-the-snaking-coil-the-creators-collection-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}