Benromach Organic Wins Gold for Innovation

Benromach Organic Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky has won gold at this year’s Grampian Food Forum Innovation Awards. Held at the Marcliffe Hotel & Spa in Aberdeen on Wednesday (14 th March), Benromach Organic won the Grampian Food Forum Innovation Award for a new innovative retail product launched in 2006.

Hand made by just two men at Speyside’s smallest working distillery, Benromach Organic is the first bottled Single Malt Whisky released to be fully certified by the Soil Association.

The whole process – raw ingredients, distillation, maturation and bottling – is certified organic to the rigorous standards set by the Soil Association.

Using pure spring water from the nearby Romach Hills and the finest Scottish organic barley and organic yeast, Benromach Organic is made by experienced distillers, personally ensuring only the highest quality spirit is filled into hand selected virgin American oak casks.

The virgin American oak casks are made of wood from environmentally managed forests. Only when the spirit has matured to the highest quality standard is it bottled as Benromach Organic Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

Benromach Organic is bottled non chill filtered, at natural colour and at 43% ABV. Golden brown in colour, Benromach Organic is a fresh vibrant whisky with a strong oak influence. The nose reveals sweet, charred oak aromas with fresh fruit notes (bananas and pineapples). An earthy, toasted aroma also present. The palate exposes sweet, vanilla and toffee flavours. Hints of green apples and orange peel with a rich resinous note.

On winning the award, Ian Urquhart, managing director at Gordon & MacPhail, proprietors of Benromach distillery says, “Our company philosophy has always been to embrace innovation and provide consumers with challenging, interesting and high quality products. Benromach Organic embraces these values and is created to our meticulously high standards.

Ian continues, “Winning this award plays testament to all the team at Benromach and Gordon & MacPhail who, over the course of the last twelve months, have all contributed to a successful year for Benromach Organic and the Benromach brand.”

Benromach Organic is presented in bespoke 70cl bottle and striking black tin, which contrasts in colour to the other expressions in the range to help reinforce the uniqueness of the product. Available from all good wine and spirits outlets, Benromach Organic Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky has a RSP of £26.99 – 28.99.

Benromach Organic joins the other expressions in the Benromach portfolio: Benromach Traditional 40%, Benromach 21yo 43%, Benromach 22yo Port Wood Finish 45%, Benromach 25yo 43%, Cask Strength 1980 58.6%, Benromach Vintage 1968 41.8% and Benromach Classic 55 years 42.4%.