GlenAllachie 15 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

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Nose: Immediately it’s clear that the sherry influence on the 15 year is even bigger than the GlenAllachie 12 year expression. Big butterscotch and raisin, with strong influence of those classic sherry notes. The nose is rich and silky, without being heavy or cloying. Notes of grape, cherry cola, and caramel dance across the nose. Then as the whisky settles into the glass, a distinctive buttered popcorn note takes the stage. Walker surely left his mark with GlenDronach which to me, appears to be a premium brand when it comes to sherry matured whiskies. He continues to carry that premium whisky ideology in his new position: “We’ve decided to differentiate ourselves by bottling everything at 46% (ABV) or above, and non-chill filtered, natural color.” Our Service is an online platform which provides Members with information (e.g. bottle facts, market-indices, market values and prices) on (mostly) whisky and allows Members to add information to the platform. We do not sell, nor does the Service provide any option to buy, any alcoholic products. The premises were bought by Campbell Distillers in 1989 but Campbell would later become part of Pernod Ricard which saw GlenAllachie become part of their Chivas Brothers business, supplying malt for Chivas Regal and Royal Salute. Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates.

I’ve been really enjoying the resurgence of this Speyside distillery. If nothing else, it’s nice to see more whiskies from the area bottled at 46%, something that still seems all too rare. That added strength and un-chill-filtered bottling style has given the dram wonderful weight to go along with its rich sherry character and the eventual outcome is a whisky of intense flavour and satisfying warmth. Very enjoyable. Reviewers that give their marks in the upper 80th percentile of their scoring band may be catering towards the industry and its marketing. I doubt most reviewers do it on purpose, and some would definitely be offended at the suggestion. If a reviewer wishes to be seen favourably and more easily gain industry connections (and probably free bottles), it helps to align with 80th-percentile-is-the-norm. Marketers can’t use a 7/10 for promotion, even if it translates to a 90, and therefore scoring systems like Dramface’s that attempt to use 5/10 as average are of limited use to them.Along the way, our whisky has been recognised with many awards including four Gold medals for the GlenAllachie 10 year old; a Gold for the 12 year old at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition; and a Double Gold medal for the 18 year old, also at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). I’m delighted to add this to our core range, it absolutely represents the DNA and personality of The GlenAllachie now and going forward. We work with a variety of casks although as we move forward you will see sherry wood influence coming to the fore.” We're in for a treat because Billy Walker, the Icons of Whisky 2020 Master Distiller of the Year, is renowned for over delivering to the whisky lover and we've brought his long-awaited and hugely anticipated GlenAllachie 15 Year Old to Australia, exclusive to the Club!

Whiskybase B.V. is the Dutch private limited liability company, having its statutory seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its office at Zwaanshals 530, 3035 KS Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Whiskybase B.V. is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under no. 52072819. Finish: While the palate can come off a bit strong at times, the finish is an exercise in restraint. It boasts a medium length finish that lingers with more baking spices and more toasted oak. Not as sweet as the nose or palate, the wood tannins come to the forefront, leaving a drier and more savory balance to an overwise strongly sweet whisky.

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He added: “For this 15 year old, I chose PX and Oloroso puncheons and hogsheads to deliver complete depth and finish. This whisky is rich in sweet spices, raisins and butterscotch, with waves of banana, orange peel and dark chocolate. The extra years the whisky spent maturing in the sherry wood casks extends the flavour further. GlenAllachie is a Speyside distillery that was founded in 1967, and it’s been shuttered and reopened at least once since then. In 2017 the distillery changed hands for at least the third time, and it is now up and running again under independent management. Two types of Sherry casks – Pedro Ximenez (PX) and Oloroso puncheons and hogsheads – were chosen to deliver depth and finish to the whisky, and to add notes that enhance the distinctive butterscotch and chocolate flavours of The GlenAllachie spirit.

Raisins, syrup, dark cherries and plums, apple cider, lightly effervescent. With water a slight farmy note appears, with chocolate, vanilla, grape soda, mixed nuts, citrus, orange, and banana. Dried dark fruits, savoury scone, jalapeño pepper. It’s hot for the ABV and mainly hits the sides of the tongue transitioning to a mid-length harsh finish. Water changes things dramatically and smooths out the harshness (although it’s still there), bringing more sweetness, fudge and milk chocolate, fruit juice, and slight herbal tones. The nose is more pleasant than the taste, which just seems a bit simple and hot. In 2018, we also released a series of single cask whiskies, launched the MacNair’s Lum Reek range of peated Blended Malts, and a 50 th Anniversary bottling to mark the 50 th anniversary of the distillery’s maiden production run on February 17 th 1968. The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein.An essay in sherry matured whisky and fresh from taking Double Gold at the San Francisco World Sprits Competition, the brand new GlenAllachie 15 Year Old has been somewhat of a pet project for him. Taste: Big sherry arrival with raisins, prunes and maple syrup. Winter spices and wood. Dark chocolate and coffee. You are responsible for all activities through your account. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide to us in relation to your account, and for updating it where necessary. You are not allowed to create multiple accounts. We may terminate or temporarily suspend your account to protect you, ourselves or our partners from (suspected) identity theft or other (suspected) fraudulent (e.g. false, misleading, deceptive) activity. You have the obligation to keep your login credentials confidential. You shall not authorize any others to use or access your account.

GlenAllachie 15 year old has been aged in a combination of Oloroso and PX Sherry Hogsheads and Puncheons. We may, but are not under any obligation, to release new functionalities and tools or other features for the Service every now and then. Any new functionalities, tools and features shall be part of and governed by the Terms from the moment they are launched and/or available. Further, we reserve the right to modify, change, discontinue the Service, add or remove features, update the Service, change its appearance, temporarily and permanently, at any time, in whole or any part thereof. Today, we continue the journey through the core GlenAllachie range by stepping up to the 15 year expression, crafted by famous master distiller Billy Walker and re-released in 2019 after he and a group of investors bought GlenAllachie in 2017. Lauded as one of the crowning achievements of the revitalized GlenAllachie brand, Walker calls the 15 “the perfect representation of the distillery’s DNA.” And in his own words:Nothing in the Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or for death or personal injury resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct by us. Whiskybase B.V. (“Whiskybase”, “we” or “us”, company details below) offers a whisky enthusiasts online platform that provides its members access to the most comprehensive, transparent and trusted resource of whisky bottles and allows and stimulates its members to contribute information about whisky bottles to the platform (“Service”). After some approximations and simplifying assumptions, the equation that can be used to roughly convert from a Dramface score to a 100-point score, as implemented by Ralfy is: We tasted the five primary whiskies in the current core lineup, which are now being imported to the U.S. by ImpEx. Thoughts follow.