Batch 11 of the BenRiach single casks, released in 2014, included two 1976 expressions. One was peated (cask #5463), this one unpeated (cask #529).
More surprising though was the maturation: both were initially matured in sherry casks but they were finished in bourbon barrels . I don’t think I’ve ever seen this – it’s always the other way around.
A couple of years ago, it was clear that there were very few BenRiach 1976 casks left (16 casks in 2012, and since then +/- 10 more have been bottled). There were also rumours that the leftovers were getting a bit...
Läs mer http://www.whiskynotes.be/2015/benriach/benriach-1976-single-cask-529/
