GlenAllachie Reveals Spirit Of Speyside Festival Whisky
Speyside distillery GlenAllachie has revealed their exclusive whisky for this year’s Spirit of Speyside Festival, along with a trio of single cask whiskies for the UK. The 2022 Spirit of Speyside Festival is from April 27 to May 2, 2022.
The Spirit of Speyside 2022 whisky is named The GlenAllachie 15-Year-Old Cask #3292 Ex-Solera Oloroso Butt, was aged in a former bourbon barrel, then shifted to a first-fill Oloroso puncheon, re-racked in an antique [55-year-old] Solera Oloroso butt before finally being bottled at 59.4% alcohol by volume [118.8 proof].
The 2022 Spirit of Speyside Festival whisky is only being made available from The GlenAllachie’s distillery shop for $220 per bottle.
The GlenAllachie is also releasing a trio of single cask whiskies which will comprise Batch 6: The GlenAllachie 11-Year-Old Premier Cru Classé Barrique; The GlenAllachie 10-Year-Old Tawny Port Hogshead; and The GlenAllachie 9-Year-Old Peated Bourbon Barrel.
The GlenAllachie Premier Cru Classé Barrique is bottled at 59.9% alcohol by volume [119.8 proof], and was matured in a former Bordeaux red wine cask for 11 years and is said to contain notes of apple, berries and cinnamon. The GlenAllachie 11-year-old is being made available for $125 per bottle.
The GlenAllachie 10-year-old Port hogshead bottling was matured in a former Tawny Port wine cask, was bottled at 56.5% alcohol by volume [113 proof] and is said to contain notes of fruit. The GlenAllachie 10-year-old is being made available for $120 per bottle.
The GlenAllachie nine-year-old was aged in a former bourbon barrel, bottled at 60.1% alcohol by volume [120.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of burnt sugar and root ginger. The GlenAllachie nine-year-old is being made available for $115 per bottle.
All The GlenAllachie Batch 6 single cask whiskies are being made available in the UK beginning on May 2, 2022.
