GlenAllachie 9YO Sherry Cask Finish Whisky Review S5E46

[@damayor62]

Outstanding as always gentlemen and yet another distillery I have to find a bottle of. I can find multiple GlenAllachie bottles at a store by me but not this particular LE release. I grab one of them. Thank you and keep up the great work. Cheers...

[@jimreichel1466]

Again, a very nice review. While I have not had a Billy Walker dram, I have had the Glenallachie 12 Year. Two bottles as a matter of fact. The Billy Walker drams I have had are The Glenglassaugh Evolution and Torfa. Both of those are superb. I am a Billy Walker believer. I look forward to your videos in 2025. Cheers!

[@jamesmorgan9695]

Cheers Colin & Malcolm 😉 Seasonal Greetings, I hear 'Meikle Toir' (Billy Walker's best attempt) has landed Stateside & I hope you add it to the bar 😋

[@pepebruno1672]

Great review as always. I’ve written off Glenallachie ever since Billy put his signature on everything to try and sell the old juice, albeit re-casked, at much higher prices. Maybe I’ll get one of these new ones… it is getting to be his juice (2017 he bought GA) and he does know what he is doing. He has now some peated GA called Meikle Tòir, which is okay. Specially the one called Turbo - which is very good. BTW, I am going to to be on you neck of the woods these next few days. But more by the “college on the hill” area. Time to check some of those state liquor stores. Slainte!

[@elfblood9127]

Would you recommend that a whiskey novice such as myself would be prudent to stay away from complex whiskies until I was a little more experienced with some conventional ones?

[@jamesmorgan9695]

I would say pick up any bottles you see with a good review while the sales are on, but save them for at least the 3 months it will take for your palate to adapt, plus cut out sugars if you can. Good luck for 2025 @elfblood9127 & let us know if you find your favourite profile.

[@pepebruno1672]

This is a great question. I wouldn’t… But what I would do is a lot of A and B comparisons. Just try to keep them not super far apart. For example don’t try a Glencadam 10 vs a Port Charlotte 10, because that PC 10 will not let you taste anything after it. I’ve always found amazing notes on Glenmorangie Signet after having a couple of different other drams. These notes never come up when trying it on its own, without comparisons.

[@TheSurgeHunter]

I would say most of the time its a waste of money to spend the extra money on complex whiskies when you are not equipped to even detect the intricacies yet. Its like paying to listen to an orchestra and only hearing the strings. If complex malts for a reasonable price exist in your market, sure... but generally I would start training your palate with more straightforward malts.

[@TheSurgeHunter]

Thats a super new release seeing as how it has the new label design. I still cant believe how much they messed up the labels. It was goofy with the Flintstones labels at first and now its just... boring. I've had the 10 YO CS batch 5 and 7, 15YO and a few old bottles from before Billy Walker. They are inferior to the old GlenDronach in every way to me. I've not had any new GlenDronach since I refuse to buy their Chill-Filtered stuff. Most of the GlenAllachie bottlings have such a high Oloroso cask influence already I dont really see how this would be something "Special" Compared to their normal stuff. I'll have some Edradour ALL DAY over something like this I'd say. Then again I've not had it.