Scottish Whisky : Scotch

GlenAllachie's newest addition to their core range is the 8 year old - matured in a combination of primarily ex-sherry wood, with a smattering of virgin oak and ex-wine barriques. Created by Master Blender Billy Walker, this has aromas of of heather honey, butterscotch and cinnamon, followed by waves of ginger, toasted almonds and mocha. To taste, lashings of treacle, dried sultanas and butterscotch, with cinnamon, peppermint and honeycomb.

A 21 year old blended malt from the MacNair's Lum Reek range, produced by the GlenAllachie Distillers Company. Built around a blend created by Billy Walker of peated Islay and Speyside whiskies, alongside with GlenAllachie single malt, this expression packs a satisfying peaty punch. It features whisky drawn from a combination of Oloroso, virgin oak and red wine casks.

Nose: Matured oak and cigar box, with a good whiff of woody smoke gliding through.

Palate: Cedar spices, milk chocolate, apricot, earthy peat, black pepper and a hint of charcoal.

Finish: Thyme honey, bonfire embers, dark chocolate tart.

A peated blended malt Scotch whisky, Master Distiller Billy Walker has combined whiskies matured in first fill Bourbon, Oloroso, Virgin Oak and Red Wine casks to produce this rich golden spirit. Bottled at 46% ABV, non chill filtered and natural colour,  the spirit was first matured at GlenAllachie distillery before the final cask vatting was blended by Billy.

46% ABV

The MacNair?s Lum Reek range, which comprises a non-age statement, 12-year-old and 21-year-old, is a combination of peated Islay and peated Speyside malt blended together with older GlenAllachie. It has been matured at The GlenAllachie Distillery near Aberlour in Speyside and vatted by Master Distiller Billy Walker, one of the most respected blenders in Scotland. All are bottled at natural colour, non-chill filtered and 46% ABV and above.

The Lum Reek peated whiskies are inspired by the famous Scottish toast ?lang may yer lum reek?, which literally means ?long may your chimney smoke? and is used to wish someone a long life and prosperity.

Lum Reek 12 Year Old is a peated blend that has been matured in a combination of red wine, Pedro Ximenez and ex-bourbon casks. Sweet peat smoke rolls off the nose in waves, accompanied by butterscotch and bittersweet mocha. The palate offers notes of heather, bog myrtle, butterscotch, toffee and sweet spices, wrapped in peat smoke.

46% ABV l 700mL

Opened in 1825, just one year after distilling on a large scale was legalised, the Glencadam Distillery continues to produce its rather delicate Single Malt Scotch Whisky in the same fashion it did in 1825. 

Colour: Straw Gold 

Nose: Lively, intense. Grassy freshness and citrus tones with hints of spicy oak. 

Palate: Rounded elegance. Clean crisp citrus tones. A pleasing harmony between a natural sweetness and the soft spicy oak. 

Finish: Long and soothing. Rich, clean barley and gristy sweetness. 

The Glencadam 10 year old won the award for Best Highland Single Malt Whisky 12 years and under at the World Whiskies Awards in 2009. 

Back in 2000, the Glencadam distillery was mothballed only to be reopened three years later in 2003. In 2017, to mark 13 years since the distillery reopening, Glencadam release this 13 Year Old expression, name The Reawakening. Only 6,000 bottles were produced.

Nose: Grassy malt leading into vanilla-rich fudge and lemon oil.

Palate: Juicy pear and grapefruit. A touch of rye bread and marmalade. Peppery at points.

Finish: Lingering cinnamon and poached fruit warmth.

Nose: Pronounced orchard fruits and vanilla pod mingled with aromas of citrus peels and toasted nuts. 

Palate: Sweet and creamy with layers of sugared almond and panna cotta followed with notes of dried apple, nutmeg and cocoa powder. 

Finish: Perfectly balanced with creamy rice pudding and gentle cinnamon spices lingering long on the tongue.

A distillery release of 18-year-old Glencadam. Like most of the distillery's range this was bottled at 46%, and is a great addition to the Glencadam?s malt family. This single malt delivers notes of spice, apples and pears and an exquisite chocolatey finish.

This 19-year-old Glencadam has been finished in sweet oloroso-sherry casks for a bit of extra depth, complexity and notes of fruit cake, nuts, raisins and spice.

Multi-award winning Glencadam Highland Single Scotch Malt Whisky Aged 21 Years is a fine example of centuries of craftsmanship and tradition. The exceptional malt with a beautifully lingering, true flavour

A no age statement release from Glencadam named after the year in which the distillery was founded. It's matured in bourbon barrels before spending a finishing period in Oloroso Sherry butts.

Nose: Mixed fruit - red fruit from the Sherry casks and tropical from the American oak - with creamy Glencadam character.

Palate: Sweet winter spice, vanilla, malt, cooked fruits and fruit salad.

Finish: Sweet and fruity.

Andalucia is an autonomous region in southern Spain. Its capital is Seville but, more important than this city, is Jerez de al Frontera; the home of sherry (the word being an Anglicism of Jerez). Master Distiller Robert Fleming, carefully chose the best sherry butts from the ancient dunnage warehouses at Glencadam to create Reserva Andalucia. Once married together with bourbon casks, it was finished in Oloroso sherry butts from Andalucia. The fruitiness of the Glencadam spirit is balanced with sultana and sweet spice notes.

GlenDronach is, quite simply, the go to distillery for sherry aged whiskies. This large, imposing Victorian distillery makes whisky to match and some of their single cask offerings are as dark as night and like drinking liquid Xmas pudding and cr?pes suzettes.

This is the archetypal 12 year old, aged in ex-oloroso and PX sherry casks. The nose is rich and lifted with honey, caramel, treacle, vanilla sugar and prunes dominating. The palate is rich and rounded with dried fruit, sultanas and milk chocolate. A fantastic all-round whisky and a must for the cabinet at home.

Nose:  An intoxicating burst of maraschino cherry, ripe bramble and dark chocolate with hints of orange bitters and walnut liqueur.

Taste: Honey-grazed apricot and ripe fig with a crescendo of black cherry, angelica and muscovado.

Finish: Long and enveloping with dark manuka honey, herbal bitters and dark chocolate.

This whisky has spent 26 years in a single Pedro Xim?nez puncheon, and packs white pepper and sherry-stewed apple in the nose. In the palate we have the sharpness of blackcurrant and raspberry, and a dose of espresso that leads into a beautifully-timed hit of sherry sweetness, balanced by dark and stewed fruits. Gentle tobacco and tannin evolve into an unctuous, warming finish.