{"product_id":"benriach-malting-season-third-edition","title":"Benriach Malting Season Third Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first of the Malting Season series to feature whisky over a decade old and the continuation of a whisky style dating back to 1897.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe highly applauded re-commissioned their malting floors made Benriach one of only nine Scottish distilleries to have their own floor maltings. A labour-intensive and inefficient process by modern standards, it revitalised the method used when the distillery first opened in 1897.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven rarer than having an operating malting floor is being able to enjoy an expression whose spirit is sourced exclusively from that barley. The floor operates for one month a year (hence “Malting Season”) and this release uses Concerto barley, malted in the autumns of 2012 and 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatured in a careful combination of Bourbon and virgin oak casks it was bottled at 48.3%, the perfect strength to balance barley-forward sweetness with \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eorchard fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003evanilla\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehoneyed spice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe very last bottles from this remarkable undertaking were dug out of Benriach’s archives by The Whisky Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot a Member yet? \u003ca title=\"Join FREE today\" href=\"#\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin FREE today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e to get your hands on upcoming whisky gems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benriach Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46490083360847,"sku":"WC0533","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/benriachmaltingseason3rdedition_pdp_main.png?v=1787702028","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/benriach-malting-season-third-edition","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}