Having taken ownership of The GlenAllachie Distillery in 2017 Billy set out drastic modifications to its processes to firmly prioritise quality over quantity These changes included reducing the distillery’s output by over 80 per cent to allow for greater supervision throughout the maturation journey and increasing the fermentation period to a lengthy 160 hours for an ester rich spirit.

Representing Billy’s future endeavours, this landmark bottling offers a very special opportunity to gain early access to his peated work before the upcoming range is created and unveiled. Additionally, the exceptional liquid inside every bottle marks the first distillate fro m The GlenAllachie to be released that Billy has overseen from start to finish.

Made with Speyside peat from St Fergus, the young and feisty spirit was aged in a medley of former Bourbon and Rye barrels, as well as a quantity of virgin oak casks The outcome is a punchy single malt abundant in smoked almonds, cinnamon sticks and dark chocolate, with puffs of earthy peat smoke

Aromas of toasted honeycomb, dried fruits and hazelnuts with smouldering oak. Lashings of cinnamon stewed pears on the palate married with toasted almonds and heather honey with a touch of pipe tobacco.