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Benrinnes Distillery was established 1826. The early buildings were destroyed by a great flood in 1829, and re-built in 1835. Further re-building occurred in 1896 after a fire destroyed part of the complex. The distillery was renovated in 1955, and most of the buildings which can be seen today date from this period. Of the 19th century buildings, only a few survive including the rubble walled cask store and distillery cottages. Features of the distillery include the spacious Still House with cast-iron worm tanks to the rear, a Boiler-house containing two Glasgow-made Penman Boilers, a red-brick Boiler-house Chimney, 7 bonded warehouses and a large maltings block. The floor maltings were replaced in 1964 by Saladin Boxes, a form of maltings of French origin which became popular in the whisky industry 1950s. The building and the boxes themselves are constructed from reinforced concrete, as is the mansard roof. The maltings have been disused for many years, and malt is instead brought in from central larger-scale maltings. Benrinnes is unusual in that its stills are grouped in threes, not pairs - only 1 set of stills was used until a second set was added in 1996 - and it also employs a rare triple distillation process, instead of the usual double distillation. Production continues at the distillery.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Moray
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NJ23NE0021 - BENRINNES DISTILLERY