{"id":9088,"date":"2025-07-22T16:34:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruoumini.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9088"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T02:52:47","slug":"wh-ben-001-beneagles-peter-thomson","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ruoumini.com\/en\/wh-ben-001-beneagles-peter-thomson\/","title":{"rendered":"WH-BEN-001 Beneagles Peter Thomson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"209\"><strong data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"128\">Beneagles \u2013 Peter Thomson Blend<\/strong> is a blended Scotch whisky with a rich history and strong traditional character:<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"214\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"239\">\ud83c\udff4 History &amp; Origin<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"465\">Peter Thomson, from Perth, Scotland, started his business with a grocery store in 1908 and later developed a whisky brand under his name. In 1922, the Beneagles brand was born, inspired by the nearby luxury Gleneagles Hotel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"611\">By the 1970s, Beneagles became one of the top 12 best-selling whiskies in Scotland thanks to its consistent quality and unique packaging design.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"616\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"638\">\ud83e\udd43 Brand &amp; Style<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"877\">Beneagles is a blended Scotch whisky with a higher-than-average proportion of Speyside malts for its time. Its distinctive flavor features creamy vanilla, a smooth texture, and a finish with subtle smoke or iodine-salty notes from Islay.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"882\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"909\">\ud83c\udffa Collectible Design<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"1190\">Beneagles is famous for its collectible ceramic bottles made by Beswick and Wade, shaped like hunting animals such as eagles, owls, swans, and even Loch Ness monsters or the \u201cThistle &amp; Rose\u201d chess set with historical figures\u2014each intricately painted and containing whisky inside.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1317\">These bottles were once gifted to first-class passengers of British Caledonian and are now highly valuable collectors\u2019 items.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1322\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1358\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Operation &amp; Current Status<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1548\">Peter Thomson (Perth) Limited operated until 1983 before selling to the Stakis Group, going through several ownership changes until Whyte &amp; Mackay discontinued the Beneagles brand in 1993.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1550\" data-end=\"1818\">Since 2017, Macgregor Thomson Whiskies (descendants of the Thomson family) have re-registered the brand, managing old Beneagles whisky casks and launching the Finn Thomson Whisky range\u2014including rare single cask releases like the 50-year-old Glenlivet debuted in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneagles \u2013 Peter Thomson Blend is a blended Scotch whisky with a rich history and strong traditional character: \ud83c\udff4 History &amp; Origin Peter Thomson, from Perth, Scotland, started his business with a grocery store in 1908 and later developed a whisky brand under his name. 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