Benrinnes 12 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Particular 2009 Single Cask DL15250 Cheers To Better Days 70cl

Benrinnes 12 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Particular 2009 Single Cask DL15250 Cheers To Better Days Germany Exclusive 70cl

In Germany, when they say "Prost", one is saying "Cheers to Better Days". In our eyes, better days are ones spent drinking some good whisky.

This bottle of Benrinnes is one of 390 bottled for Cheers To Better Days in Germany. A Whisky Club

About Benrinnes

Located 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.

It 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.

Everything 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.

Occasionally 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.

TASTING NOTES

A sweet oak style with dark chocolate orange rind, and a ginger spice complexity

48.4% ABV

70cl