Meikle Toir 5 year old - The Sherry One

Profile: The Meikle Tòir 5 year old - The Turbo 2023 Edition at a glance

• Peated Perfection: Meikle Tòir shows The GlenAllachie's smoky side for the first time
• Billy Walker and The GlenAllachie present: peated Speyside single malt
• A big mission: Meikle Tòir (pronounced “Mee-kuhl Tor”)
• The name says it all: The Turbo has a peat content of 71ppm!

Portrait: What the Meikle Tòir 5 year old - The Turbo 2023 Edition.

Industry veteran Billy Walker and The GlenAllachie are pursuing an ambitious goal: to create peated Speyside Single Malt that is second to none. Meikle Tòir (pronounced “Mee-kuhl Tor”) is the name for the new brand: Gaelic for “big pursuit”, which is loosely translated as one big mission.
 
The independent distillery has been working on the smoky style that is rare for the whisky region since 2018. Albeit on a small scale: only for Around 100,000 liters of peated raw spirit are distilled six weeks per calendar year. The barley malt is kilned over mainland peat from St. Fergus, which, compared to island peat, ensures sweeter smoke with oak tones. It is used in a moist state - for maximum aromas and a peat content of the whisky of currently up to 71 ppm (in barley malt up to 95 ppm).

After 5 years of maturation The first results will come onto the market in September 2023.

With Meikle Tòir - The Turbo the name says it all: the limited single malt is blended from the distillate with the highest phenol content. The 2023 release matured in three Virgin Oak Casks and five Oloroso Sherry Hogsheads to create a multi-faceted whisky with a strong portion of peat that reaches a whopping 71 ppm.