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Benrinnes - Development

Although from the outside the distillery has the appearance of other distilleries rebuilt around the 1960s, it incorporates some unique features of whisky making.

In 1964 a Saladin box malting system replaced the floor maltings and was used for the following 20 years.

Benrinnes uses a form of triple-distillation. This method produces a spirit of around 76% volume, several degrees more than can be achieved by double distillation. The stills are grouped in threes, not pairs.

Until 1996 there was just one set of stills, when the capacity was then doubled by installing a second set.

Benrinnes offers the opportunity to see worm-tubs, the traditional pipe-spirals immersed in cold water, which are used to condense the vapours produced by the stills.