Meikle Tòir The Original is a peated Speyside single malt Scotch whisky produced at The GlenAllachie Distillery in Aberlour. It uses 100% malted barley peated with mainland peat from St. Fergus. The whisky ages five years in first-fill bourbon barrels, American virgin oak casks and ex-rye barrels. Non-chill filtered, it rests at 50% ABV.
This offering challenges my general idea of peated whisky flavors, which I suppose is what Walker and company are after. It is surprising in several ways, all of which are quite pleasant—well done.
Not too sweet on the tongue; there are initial flavors of melon, pear, spiced apple, honey, chocolate brownie, and cinnamon, which are torn asunder by the dominant flavor of fresh ginger root, accompanied by vegetal notes and fresh oak, leaving a lingering finish of peat smoke and chocolate brownie.
