icsteel154
GlenAllachie 4 Year Peated Single Malt (Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Future Edition)
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
October 23, 2022 (edited August 16, 2023)
(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Whisky Tasting, 08 October 2022).
Nose: Hot/spicy/alcoholic, fruit and nut, burned wood, apple, hairspray, peat
Palate: 'Hot', wet peat, toasted oak, nutty, toffee, vanilla
Finish: Long finish. Nutty, pipe smoke, damp peat, toffee, burned wood, sweet and dry on the aftertaste.
160hr fermentation time
1 of 10,000 bottles (worldwide)
Ex-rye, bourbon and virgin oak casks
Interesting, hot and a bit numbing. Loads of peat and wood smoke. The layers are fantastically diverse. Not necessarily an easy drinker, more of a chin-scratching "interesting" dram than one you'd choose to keep going back to. I would never have guessed that this was a GlenAllachie if it was a blind tasting - very little of their typical character.
Came second out of the six drams, with 27% of the final vote for favourite of the night. 80% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky.
80.0
GBP
per
Bottle
The Good Spirits Co.
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