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The
GlenAllachie scoops it 50th whisky award
since being taken over by the Billy
Walker lead consortium in 2017.
The GlenAllachie Distillers Company
Limited which produces The GlenAllachie
Speyside single malt whisky and the
peaty MacNair's Lum Reek Blended Malt
Scotch Whisky range has just taken its
total number of awards for the whiskies
it has turned out to 50 since being
taken over in October
2017 by a three person consortium lead
by the former BenRiach Distillery
Company managing director Billy Walker.
The Billy Walker
lead consortium didn't actually launch
their core GlenAllachie Speyside
single malt core
range until July 2018 this was followed
later that year by the re-launch of the
peaty MacNair's Lum Reek Blended Malt
Scotch Whisky range so 50 whisky awards
is quite an impressive haul of whisky
awards to have
picked up in such a short period of
time.
Their latest accolades which takes their
tally of awards to 50 comes from the International Spirits
Challenge (ISC), the competition
receives more than 1,700 entries from
nearly 70 countries and awards are given
to spirits based on a thorough blind
tasting from a panel of specialist
judges. At this years ISC awards they scooped a prestigious Double Gold and
five Golds.
Two of the five Gold's were awarded to
the
MacNair's Lum Reek Peated 12 Year Old
and
MacNair's Lum Reek Peated 21 Year Old
of the MacNair's Lum Reek Blended Malt
Scotch Whisky range. The Golds come just
a few months after MacNair's Lum Reek 21
year old was awarded the World’s Best
Blended Malt at the World Whiskies
Awards.
The three other Golds went to
The Glenallachie 12 Year Old,
Glenallachie 15 Year Old and
Glenallachie 25 Year Old.
The Glenallachie 18 Year Old
was awarded a Double Gold Tasting Award
in the Scotch Whisky category. The
Double Gold medal was introduced by the
ISC last year to highlight exceptional
spirits across the ISC Tasting Award
categories.
The 18 year old, which has rich notes of
dark cherries, spices and subtle hints
of dark chocolate, has previously won
several awards, including a Double Gold
at the San Francisco World Spirits
Competition and a Gold at the Scottish
Whisky Awards in 2019.
Earlier this year, Billy Walker won the
prestigious Icons of Whisky Master
Distiller/Blender of the Year Award,
while in 2019 we were voted Scottish
Distillery of the Year at the inaugural
Scottish Whisky Awards.
Commenting on the latest award wins,
Walker said: "Winning any kind of award
is a proud moment, but to be awarded a
Double Gold and five Golds at the ISC is
fantastic news. Not only that, this
takes us to 50 awards since acquiring
the distillery back in 2017.
"Our core range is very close to my
heart and I’m particularly proud of the
18 year old which has won the
recognition of so many whisky
enthusiasts and judges around the world.
It doesn’t seem that long ago since we
started this new chapter in the life of
The GlenAllachie Distillery, so it’s
been incredibly rewarding to see our
spirit being recognised consistently at
awards events like this."
You will find the latest Glenallachie
and MacNair's whisky ranges available from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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