{"product_id":"benriach-15-year-old-2008-smws-single-ex-bourbon-oloroso-hogshead-cask-12-83-an-enthralling-experience-speyside-single-malt-whisky-2024-70cl","title":"Benriach 15 Year Old 2008 SMWS Single Ex-Bourbon \u0026 Oloroso Hogshead Cask 12.83 An Enthralling Experience Speyside Single Malt Whisky (2024) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eBenriach 15 Year Old 2008 SMWS Single Ex-Bourbon \u0026amp; Oloroso Hogshead Cask 12.83 An Enthralling Experience Speyside Single Malt Whisky (2024) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 232 bottles produced\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWow! We imagined flaming a Christmas pudding, honey-roasting pecan nuts and candied strawberries. On the palate, we baked a chocolate raspberry cake with layers of dark chocolate, silky chocolate buttercream and a raspberry filling with a chocolate raspberry ganache. To drink we had a perfect Manhattan of rye whiskey, sweet red vermouth and gentian-herb bitters, garnished with a candied maraschino cocktail cherry. With a drop of water, if you wish, we enjoyed a rice pudding served with a liberal dash of blackcurrant liqueur. To taste it was creamy, like a warm blueberry muffin or a walnut brownie. Following 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout BenRiach \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe BenRiach distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the Speyside area of Scotland. It is currently owned by Brown-Forman Corporation after being purchased on 1 June 2016 as a subsidiary from the BenRiach Distillery Company Limited, formed by two South African funding partners, Geoff Bell and Wayne Keiswetter, and Scotch whisky expert Billy Walker. In 2008, the company expanded their portfolio with the acquisition of the Glendronach distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout SMWS \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57.5% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BenRiach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54686712398149,"sku":"000403","price":159.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4707555756.jpg?v=1746546094","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/benriach-15-year-old-2008-smws-single-ex-bourbon-oloroso-hogshead-cask-12-83-an-enthralling-experience-speyside-single-malt-whisky-2024-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}