Day 10 today we have a solid offering from GleanAllachie a distillery I feel we do not see often enough especially since what they have to offer is really quite nice. anyways enjoy this dram and we will see you tomorrow
HISTORY
One of the results of the US-fuelled 1960s whisky boom, GlenAllachie was built in 1967 by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries’ distilling subsidiary, Mackinlays. It is notable for being one of the distilleries designed by William Delmé-Evans who was also behind Macduff, Tullibardine and Jura.
In 1985, Mackinlays became part of own-label specialist Invergordon Distillers which flipped Glenallachie to Campbell Distillers/Pernod Ricard four years later, during most of which it had been mothballed.
It has only very rarely been seen as a single malt bottling – most notably as part of Chivas Brothers’ Cask Strength series.
In July 2017, it was announced that Chivas Brothers had agreed to sell GlenAllachie to The GlenAllachie Distillers Company, operated by former BenRiach MD Billy Walker, ex-Inver House Distillers MD Graham Stevenson and Trisha Savage. A capital ‘A’ was added to the distillery name, in keeping with the changes Walker made to BenRiach and GlenDronach under his stewardship.
The new owners are in the process of relaunching GlenAllachie as a distillery known for its ‘big’, fruity malt whisky. Six single cask bottlings were released in April 2018, with GlenAllachie’s first core range of single malts set for launch in June 2018.
Tasting Notes
Nose: floral, butterscotch pudding, rice pudding, lemon, green tea
Taste: caramel, chestnuts roasting on open fire, brandy beans, chives, hint of mint, dark rich spice
Finish: licorice root, dry oak board, burnt sugar, astringent something, spice cake, nutty
Purchase Links
Can be purchased here from the Tudor house