Meikle Tòir The Original

Meikle Tòir (pronounced “mee-kuhl tor”, meaning ‘big pursuit’) is a still fairly new peated single malt brand from the usually unpeated GlenAllachie distillery. It’s the pursuit of celebrated master distiller Billy Walker, whose whisky career spans over 50 years, making his name at Glendronach and Benriach especially. He began making the first peated whiskies at GlenAllachie (for just six weeks of the year) back in 2018, shortly after he acquired the distillery. A lesser spotted peated Speyside malt, Meikle Tòir uses mainland peat from St. Fergus (35 PPM here), while a lengthy 160-hour fermentation ensures the sweeter side of the spirit isn’t lost.

Almost two years ago we featured the Chinqapin oak finish edition, but this ‘Original’ variant is aged in a combination of first-fill bourbon barrels, fresh American oak casks, and rye barrels.