The GlenAllachie Distillery, has announced the launch of the
second batch of its MacNair’s Lum Reek 10 Year Old Cask Strength bottling.
MacNair’s Lum Reek 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 2 (55.8%
ABV) is a blended malt Scotch whisky, which has been produced using peated and
un-peated single malt whiskies from distilleries in Speyside and Islay.
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| MacNair's Lum Reek 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 2 |
The brand which gets its name from the old Scottish toast to a long and healthy life, ‘lang may yer lum reek’, literally meaning ‘long may your chimney smoke’, was created by acclaimed blender Billy Walker.
Each aged single malt component was carefully selected by
Walker to deliver specific desired sensory characteristics to the final blend,
which includes GlenAllachie Speyside Scotch whisky.
Once skilfully blended, the spirit was filled to a mix of
Sherry, red wine and virgin oak casks for an additional aging period; picking
up further character from the wood and allowing the whiskies time to marry.
Commenting on the launch, Billy Walker, said: “There’s
something wondrous about bottling a whisky at cask strength. Perhaps it’s that
it provides an opportunity to taste it as if you were sampling straight from a
cask in the warehouse; the experience is incredibly special. Lum Reek is a
blend I hold close to my heart. It presents the chance to introduce Speyside
and Islay single malts to our GlenAllachie spirit, balancing the honey-sweet
house style of our whisky with Islay peat smoke and Speyside spiciness. The
outcome is undoubtedly delicious!”
MacNair’s Lum Reek 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 2, will
be available later this month from specialist retailers, for a RRP of £62.99.
Posted by Steve Rush