Glenallachie 17yo 1989-2007 58.5% Cadenhead's btl.x/240
Glenallachie has never been too good if I remember correctly, a pretty young distillery making a malt with hint of industrial spirit. Smells pretty ordinary, young, underdeveloped for a 17yo. The taste is dry all the way, fino sherry, just a bit too strong, bitter and dry flavours to discover much else. With water it gets a bit lighter, but it's still to bitter to really enjoy, actually if I tasted this one blind I'd guess it was a bitter schnapps.
A bitter Glenallachie: 2.5
Glenallachie 12yo 43% OB
One from back in the days when most distilleries used the -Glenlivet ending. Glenallachie-bottlings are hard to come by even though it's a pretty young distillery. It smells of alcohol and polluted air, rush hour traffic in London, not very pleasant but not directly bad either. The taste on the other hand is nice and clean, but just too bland. It smells really industrialized, just thrown in some re-re-refill bourbon casks and put out there. The taste is at best a bit oaky. Any aftertaste is not present in this malt.
I think Glenallachie is a malt very dependent on a fresh cask: 4
Glenallachie 13yo 1991-2005 43% Dun Bheagan cask 90261-90262 1800btls.
This is a sherry-finished bottling by Dun Bheagan. I haven't tried to many Dun Bheagan's yet. The smell is nice, fruity with a small hint of lemon and chives. The taste is very fresh and peppery, a straight-forward malt. This is wonderful, a nice combo of oak and sherry notes. No pretentious extravaganza, just a simply nice and enjoyable malt. The aftertaste is a bit phenolic and kind of minty, but not in any way a letdown.
A powerful malt with a gentle touch of sherry: 7
Glenallachie 12yo 1992-2004 43% Signatory Vintage
One from Signatory Vintage who seems to have been stacking up on some unusual spirits for some time. It smells very smoked, peat, Puerto Rican cigars. It has a nutty flavour, some bitterness, fernet, tonic water. With some drops of water the bitterness disappears, and a richer flavour of nuts and dried dates appear.
Will never be a classic, but nice however: 5
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