GlenAllachie Announces Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Trilogy Present Edition
The GlenAllachie Distillers Company has announced the second release in The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Trilogy, a limited edition series that celebrates Master Distiller Billy Walker’s 50 year career in the Scotch whisky industry.
The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Trilogy will consist of Past, Present, and Future Editions, each representing key milestones throughout Walker’s career. The second release, The GlenAllachie Present Edition, is a 16 year old single malt matured in Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Sherry wood and finished in Mizunara virgin oak casks with a medium level of toasting and charring, bottled non-chill filtered and of natural color at 48% ABV. The Present Edition is Walker’s first-ever use of Mizunara oak and represents the pioneering wood policy he is currently implementing at The GlenAllachie Distillery.
The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Present Edition is described as having aromas of “dark chocolate, heather honey and grilled almonds, with hints of sandalwood, ginger, orange zest, caramelised pecans and coconut shavings.” The palate exhibits notes of “heather honey, cinnamon and crystalised ginger, followed by demerara sugar, dried dark berries, hazelnuts and fig syrup.”
Limited to only 2,900 bottles, The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Present Edition is now available globally and carries a suggested retail price of £280.
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Source: theglenallachie.com.