MacNair’s Lum Reek 12 Year Old Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Category Winner at the 2022 World Whisky Awards.

The curious name for this series of blended malts is derived from and old Scottish saying: "Lang may yer lum reek", literally meaning ‘long may your chimney smoke’ - a traditional way to wish someone a long, healthy and prosperous life. The 12-year-old combines malts from Islay and Speyside. The recipe, created by industry veteran and Master Distiller/Blender of the Year, Billy Walker, includes both peated and unpeated whiskies, including aged GlenAllachie. He comments, “In terms of the peated malts in MacNair’s Lum Reek, there is some Islay Peat, and surprisingly some Mainland peat from a distillery which would surprise even the most informed consumers who know a lot about malt whiskies and what various distilleries have released over the last five, ten fifteen, twenty years. I would prefer not to disclose the name of the distillery, but personally it was a surprise that The GlenAllachie Distillers Co could get access to this distillery and style. So, there are definitely one or two very big surprises in there!”

First fill Bourbon, Pedro Ximénez and red wine casks have been employed to great effect, earning this some serious global accolades, including Double Gold (San Francisco World Spirits Competition, 2021), Best Blended Malt under 12 Years (World Whiskies Awards, 2020), and Gold (Scotch Whisky Masters, 2021). 46% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered.

Other reviews... immediately without thinking - a great item. It doesn't matter to me that it's a blended malt... and who said that only a single malt can be good?! For those unconvinced of smoky and peaty, this is the perfect item. It has a lot of flavors from sweet, salty, slightly sour, cultured tannins, tart. You can feel the hand of the master. Feel free to take it if it comes your way. - whiskybase.com