Benromach Whisky

History of Benromach

Benromach has been around since 1898, when the distillery was founded by Duncan McCallum and F.W. Brickman. They were unfortunate that shortly after opening, the whisky market collapsed, and thus Benromach had to close its doors again quickly. For the rest of the 20th century, Benromach was often forced to stop production. It can be said that the distillery was not an unqualified success. In 1983, it seemed that Benromach would even go out of business for good.

But the family business Gordon & MacPhail, known until that point mainly as an independent bottler, thought differently. They bought Benromach in 1993 and extensively refurbished the distillery. Basically everything was addressed, only the name remained the same. Five years later, whisky flowed again from the stills of Benromach. And what a whisky it is! Since then, Benromach has been one of the success stories of the Scottish whisky industry.

The taste of Benromach

There is no whisky in Scotland that tastes like Benromach. This is due to the combination of the casks used, but certainly also because of the artisanal method and the lightly peated barley. The result is a wonderfully good single malt that can compete with the whiskies of yesteryear.

It all starts with barley, the most important raw material of any whisky. The barley of Benromach is grown locally and then dried over a peat fire during malting. This peat gives the malted barley a lightly smoky quality. Much less intense than the peat bombs of Islay, such as Ardbeg and Laphroaig, but unmistakably smoky.

Upon arrival at the distillery, the barley is ground in a Boby Mill. This grain mill is over 120 years old, but it still works perfectly. After milling, water from the Chapelton Spring is added to the barley. During this process, the starch is converted into sugar, which is then converted into alcohol by the yeast. This fermentation period lasts 3 to 5 days; a lot longer than at most other distilleries.

The distillation takes place in two copper pots that are completely operated by hand. No computer is involved anywhere in the distillery. Only the heart of the distillate is then filled into barrels. At Benromach, they exclusively use first-fill bourbon and sherry casks, which means these barrels have never been used for Scotch whisky before.

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