Glenallachie 2012 / 12 Year Old / Oloroso Cask 171841 / Single Cask Nation Speyside Whisky

Kofi Asante — Good but not quite worth the price

7/10

Solid Speyside with all the rich sherry notes you'd expect from 12 years in oloroso. Raisins, Christmas cake, some walnut. I enjoyed it neat but at nearly a hundred quid for a single cask bottling I've had better value from standard Glenallachie releases.

Petra Novak — Good but not quite worth the price

7/10

Solid Speyside with all the rich sherry notes you'd expect from 12 years in oloroso. Raisins, Christmas cake, some walnut. I enjoyed it neat but at nearly a hundred quid for a single cask bottling I've had better value from standard Glenallachie releases.

Omar Diallo — Good but not quite worth the price

7/10

Solid Speyside with all the rich sherry notes you'd expect from 12 years in oloroso. Raisins, Christmas cake, some walnut. I enjoyed it neat but at nearly a hundred quid for a single cask bottling I've had better value from standard Glenallachie releases.

Tomas Rivera — Rich and warming

8/10

Poured this for a few mates and everyone went back for seconds. Classic oloroso influence — lots of dried fruit and baking spices with a long, slightly tannic finish. Added a splash of water which brought out some vanilla and leather notes I wasn't expecting from a Speyside.

Suki Patel — Rich and warming

8/10

Poured this for a few mates and everyone went back for seconds. Classic oloroso influence — lots of dried fruit and baking spices with a long, slightly tannic finish. Added a splash of water which brought out some vanilla and leather notes I wasn't expecting from a Speyside.

Andre Dubois — Rich and warming

8/10

Poured this for a few mates and everyone went back for seconds. Classic oloroso influence — lots of dried fruit and baking spices with a long, slightly tannic finish. Added a splash of water which brought out some vanilla and leather notes I wasn't expecting from a Speyside.

Luna Chavez — One of my favourite SCN picks

9/10

Absolutely cracking whisky. The nose is all stewed plums and dark honey, and the palate delivers with waves of fig, cinnamon spice, and bittersweet cocoa. Cask strength at 59.3% but drinks well below its weight. I'm genuinely gutted these single cask releases disappear so fast.

Erik Strom — One of my favourite SCN picks

9/10

Absolutely cracking whisky. The nose is all stewed plums and dark honey, and the palate delivers with waves of fig, cinnamon spice, and bittersweet cocoa. Cask strength at 59.3% but drinks well below its weight. I'm genuinely gutted these single cask releases disappear so fast.

Benjamin Ross — One of my favourite SCN picks

9/10

Absolutely cracking whisky. The nose is all stewed plums and dark honey, and the palate delivers with waves of fig, cinnamon spice, and bittersweet cocoa. Cask strength at 59.3% but drinks well below its weight. I'm genuinely gutted these single cask releases disappear so fast.

Kenji Watanabe — Sherry bomb done right

8/10

This is what I want from an oloroso cask single malt. Big dried fruit, dark chocolate, and a hint of orange peel on the nose. At 59.3% it's hot neat but a few drops of water opens up this gorgeous sticky toffee pudding thing. Excellent pick from Single Cask Nation.

Amira Benali — Sherry bomb done right

8/10

This is what I want from an oloroso cask single malt. Big dried fruit, dark chocolate, and a hint of orange peel on the nose. At 59.3% it's hot neat but a few drops of water opens up this gorgeous sticky toffee pudding thing. Excellent pick from Single Cask Nation.

Derek Chang — Sherry bomb done right

8/10

This is what I want from an oloroso cask single malt. Big dried fruit, dark chocolate, and a hint of orange peel on the nose. At 59.3% it's hot neat but a few drops of water opens up this gorgeous sticky toffee pudding thing. Excellent pick from Single Cask Nation.

Thomas Weber — Nice sherry cask but a bit one-note

7/10

Don't get me wrong, I like this. Plummy and rich with that signature oloroso sweetness. But after a couple of drams it starts to feel a bit samey — I wanted more complexity for a 12 year old single cask. The finish is where it gets interesting though, nice dry spice that lingers. Would buy a dram at a bar, probably wouldn't buy another bottle.

Priscilla Nunes — Nice sherry cask but a bit one-note

7/10

Don't get me wrong, I like this. Plummy and rich with that signature oloroso sweetness. But after a couple of drams it starts to feel a bit samey — I wanted more complexity for a 12 year old single cask. The finish is where it gets interesting though, nice dry spice that lingers. Would buy a dram at a bar, probably wouldn't buy another bottle.

Henrik Larsen — Nice sherry cask but a bit one-note

7/10

Don't get me wrong, I like this. Plummy and rich with that signature oloroso sweetness. But after a couple of drams it starts to feel a bit samey — I wanted more complexity for a 12 year old single cask. The finish is where it gets interesting though, nice dry spice that lingers. Would buy a dram at a bar, probably wouldn't buy another bottle.