Burnobennie

Deeside Brewery was set up in Banchory in 2012, and in 2017 it added distilling equipment in an extension.^7,8,9 From 2017 the same team experimented with dark roasted malts.^7,8,9 In May 2019 Mike Bain and Liam Pennycook announced plans to close Deeside distillery at Lochton of Leys and build a new one at a Hill of Banchory business park.^7,10 Bain said Scotch Whisky Association rules stopped them taking the Deeside name, so they called the new site Burn o' Bennie.^7,10 In 2019 the team made its first highly concentrated wash, cutting energy and water use.³