Win a VIP trip to Benriach! Purchase a bottle from the Benriach distillery range and you could find heading to the distillery itself! Read more on the blog.

18+ only. Entries close 28 January 2021. Date and travel restrictions apply. Prizes not transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash equivalent. Postal route available. ‘Read more’ for full T&Cs below.

Founded in 1898 by John Duff, the original Benriach was short-lived; following monetary difficulties the distillery was sold to the Longmorn Distilleries Company who closed it at the turn of the twentieth century. Benriach, named for the Gaelic for ‘speckled mountain’, was one of the few distilleries with its own floor maltings, following closure they remained in use, supplying neighbouring Longmorn.

The upturn in whisky’s fortunes in the 1960s saw Benriach run from 1965 onwards under new owners The Glenlivet Distillers, before Seagrams purchased the distillery in 1978. In 1985 two extra stills were added bringing the total to four. The floor maltings were in use again and remained so continuously until 1999. When Pernod Ricard took over Seagram’s whisky division in 2001 Benriach was mothballed, but in April of 2004, Benriach was sold, along with several thousand casks, for £5.4million to the South African company, Infra Trading, combining their efforts with Burn Stewart director Billy Walker. They reopened the distillery the following year and soon established the Benriach Distilling Co.

In 2008, the Benriach Distilling Co acquired a second distillery from Chivas Brothers in the shape of GlenDronach, before adding Glenglassaugh Distillery to its portfolio in 2013. Brown-Forman, the Louisville, Kentucky-based producer of Jack Daniel's, in-turn bought the Benriach Distilling Co in 2016 for £281 million.

Today, Benriach is back in full production and has become a firm favourite for many Scotch whisky fans since it was reinvigorated under Walker and co. It has cemented a reputation as an unconventional whisky distiller with some of the most experimental casks in Speyside. Benriach distils three malt whisky styles - unpeated, peated and triple distilled - and is one of the two remaining Speyside distilleries to use malted barley from its own on-site floor maltings, which were reopened in 2013.

Benriach now has a raft of expressions on the market, from classic bottlings such as the 20 Year Old and Cask Strength editions, independent bottlings like the 6 Year Old and 9 Year Old released with That Boutique-y Whisky Company and a selection of whiskies with distinctive, Latin monikers, such as ’Authenticus’ and ’Temporis’

MoM Benriach Distillery Competition 2021 T&Cs

1. THE PROMOTER:
The promoter is Atom Supplies Limited (company register number 03193057), trading as Master of Malt (MoM) and having its registered office at Unit 1 Ton Business Park, 2-8 Morley Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1RA, United Kingdom.
2. THESE TERMS AND PRIVACY POLICY:
By entering this competition, entrants confirm they have read, understand and agree that these terms and the MoM Privacy Policy (and the way we process personal data) are binding to them. MoM reserves the right to amend these terms; to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend this competition at any time.
3. ELIGIBILITY:
This competition is only open to individuals who are 18 years or older (or of legal drinking age in the country which they are a resident of). Ineligible entries (howsoever received) will be discarded. The competition is not open to any employees (and their immediate family) of the promoter or any of its associated companies. MoM reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) at any time and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who, or any entry which, it believes has breached any of these terms, tampered with the entry process or engaged in any unlawful or improper conduct which may undermine the fair and proper conduct of this competition.
4. ENTRY/COMPETITION PERIOD:
This competition opens at 12:00:01pm on 14 January to 23:59:59 pm on 28 January 2020.
5. HOW TO ENTER:
To enter, individuals must within the entry period purchase any 70cl qualifying bottle from the Benriach distillery range as listed here from the MoM website in accordance with MoM’s standard Consumer Terms of Business (each being a qualifying purchase or qualifying entry). Multiple entries are permitted! No purchase necessary entry option is also available.
6. YOU CAN ALSO ENTER WITHOUT MAKING A PURCHASE:
If you are eligible to enter, send us a postcard or letter at Master of Malt, Unit 1, Ton Business Park, 2-8 Morley Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1RA, United Kingdom (marked for the attention of the MoM Marketing Team), casually mentioning the fact that you wish to enter the MoM Slane Headline Competition 2020 competition and set out your name and contact details. Provided that the postcard or letter is received prior to the expiry of the entry period, you will be entered into the competition as though it was a qualifying purchase. By entering the competition in this way, the entrant confirms that he or she is eligible to do so. MoM will not be responsible for any entries which are lost or delayed in transit, regardless of cause including, for example, as a result of any failure of any postal system of any kind. MoM will not accept proof of posting as proof of receipt of entry to the competition. Postcards and letters will not be returned.
7. WINNER:
There will be 1 prize for 1 winner, who will be selected at random out of all qualifying entries shortly after the competition period. The selection of the winner made will be final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
8. PRIZE PROVIDER:
The prize is provided by Brown-Forman. All travel and accommodation arrangements relating to the prize will be the sole responsibility of Brown-Forman and their appointed travel agent, BCD Travel. MoM will not be responsible for any failure or delay in travel and accommodation arrangements.
9. THE PRIZE:
The winner will win a trip for 2 people (i.e. you can bring a guest but your guest must also be 18 years or older) to the Benriach distillery in Moray, Scotland, taking place from January 2021 to January 2022, subject to availability. The trip can normally only be claimed and taken during the aforementioned dates but may be delayed due to reasons beyond reasonable control (e.g. covid-19) in Brown-Forman’s sole discretion. The prize is strictly non-negotiable, non-transferable, and cannot be exchanged for any equivalent cash value, cash alternative, or for other items. Travel dates and relevant reservations once notified to the winners cannot be changed, postponed, or cancelled. The prize includes the following:

• standard or economy flight travel for 2 people from any single named point of origin in the United Kingdom to the Benriach distillery in Moray, Scotland;
• standard bed and breakfast accommodation in Moray, Scotland for 2 nights for 2 people (subject to availability and to be arranged by prize provider);
• complimentary 3-course dinner including two drinks for 2 people one evening;
• complimentary tour of the Benriach distillery and Benriach tasting experience;
• visit to Speyside Cooperage or other Speyside activity (subject to availability and time of year dependant. To be arranged by prize provider); and
• two complimentary Benriach hip flasks.
10. OTHER COSTS OR EXPENSES:
Any other costs or expenses not listed that may incur in connection with the winner and their guest taking up the prize shall be the sole responsibility of the winner and their guest.
11. AVAILABILITY TO TRAVEL:
The winner and their guest will be solely responsible for ensuring that they will be available to travel and that will hold valid passports, any necessary visas and travel documents incidental to the fulfilment of the prize on the dates specified.
12. CLAIMING THE PRIZE:
The name of the winner will be announced on MoM’s blog as soon as practicable upon selection. MoM will make reasonable efforts to contact the winner via email or by telephone as soon as practicable. If any winner cannot be contacted or is not available or has not claimed the prize within 5 days of MoM contacting them, MoM reserves the right to offer the prize to another eligible entrant. MoM cannot accept any responsibility if any winner is unable to take up the prize or fails to claim the prize within the time limit as set out above. MoM may contact the winner for feedback in respect of the competition and/or prize and may use any feedback provided when announcing the results and promoting the Competition or subsequent competitions.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Insofar as is permitted by law, the promoter, its agents, employees, and/or representatives shall in no circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate any entrant who participates in the competition and/or the winner and their guest(s) who claim(s) the prize for any loss, damage, personal injury or death whatsoever and howsoever caused, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any direct, indirect or consequential losses arising out of or in connection with their participation in this competition, any failure or delays or postponements or cancellations in making the appropriate travel and accommodation arrangements as a result of the winner taking up the prize (including in relation to their guests), except where it is caused by the negligence of the promoter, its agents, employees, and/or authorised representatives. Competition entrants' statutory rights are not affected.
14. BCD TRAVEL’S AND BROWN-FORMAN’S PRIVACY POLICIES:
Once the winners have claimed the prize and have confirmed details of themselves and their accompanying guests, MoM will notify and pass their personal details to Brown-Forman and their recommended travel agent, BCD Travel, in order to arrange for the fulfilment of the prize. Once MoM passes the winners’ (and their guests’) details, BCD Travel and Brown-Forman will be deemed the controller of the personal data and will handle that information in accordance with their respective privacy policies (a current copy of BCD Travel’s privacy policy is available here and a current copy of Brown-Forman’s privacy policy is available here). BCD Travel and Brown-Forman may make contact with the winners (and their guests) whilst organising and confirming travel and accommodation as required to fulfil the prize.
15. GENERAL:
These terms shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

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