Glenallachie 1989 16 Year Old

Glenallachie 9 Year Old 2004 The Whisky Mercenary for Maltlovers

Glenallachie is another one of those unknown distilleries in whiskyland, for the simple reason that there are hardly any official bottlings. This Speysider, founded only in 1967, produces quasi exclusively for the parent company’s blends, i.e. Chivas Brothers. This independent bottling from the Whisky Mercenary was launched by the Belgian whisky...

Score 80/100

Glenallachie 7 Year Old 2014 for MMM

For our third release in the Mythical Series, Manny and I selected a young GlenAllachie that was distilled in 2014 and aged for 7 years on a very special cask: a madeira hogshead. Madeira is a fortified, long-life wine from the Portuguese island of the same name and is produced from the Tinta Negra grape (a variant of the Pinot Noir). The...

Score 87/100

Glenallachie 1999 14 YO Gordon & MacPhail

The reviewed bottle was aged in a refill bourbon barrel. The reviewed bottle was sampled with the bottle newly opened and then 8 days later. There was no noticeable difference in the flavours over this period of time Nose: high-pitched lemon citrus, mild malt, a little apple and pear; pleasant, but unremarkable Taste: fabulous sweet and sour lemon...

Score 88/100

Glenallachie 5 Year Old 2012

The distillery was built in 1967 and for decades produced exclusively for the blenders. Only in 2005 was it launched as a single malt! But in 2017 the distillery was taken over by Billy Walker (who had just sold BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh) and rechristened it GlenAllachie. Billy and his team are working very hard to put this malt on...

Score 86/100