Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast Toast the longer (sometimes sunny) days with one of these recommended new whisky releases. There have been a plethora of whisky releases and we're not even through the summer of 2024 yet. While it may not seem like it with our current weather, summer is in full swing.
If you’re looking to try a lighter dram for the light nights, here is our pick of the best. This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.
Meikle Tòir The Turbo 2024 Edition, 50% ABV It might not be a heatwave but it’s not chilly, which is when peated whisky can come into its own. Really peaty whiskies can seem too much in the summer - they almost cry out to be enjoyed by a fire when there’s a storm raging outside. If you are a peat fan, having a heavily peated whisky in a highball as a lighter drink in the summer is an ideal way to enjoy these whiskies .
But if you fancy a dram over summer, this new release from the GlenAllachie distillery team will appeal to peat lovers. This is the second annual Turbo limited release from Meikle Tòir name says it all really. It was created by owner Billy Walker to showcase the intense smoke character, which has been achieved by cutting the spirit with a high phenol level during distillation.
Being a Speyside whisky, the peat here isn’t the same as that.
