MacNair's Lum Reek 10 Year Old Peated Cask Strength Scotch Whisky
MacNair's Lum Reek 10 Year Old Peated Cask Strength Scotch Whisky is Billy Walker's peated blending masterclass — a 10-year-old blended malt bottled at natural cask strength in a 700mL bottle. Vintage Speyside and Islay single malts are married with mature GlenAllachie, then rested in premium Spanish sherry casks, wine barriques, and virgin oak. Batch 1 is bottled at 55.4% ABV; Batch 2 at 55.8% — both natural cask strength, no added color, non-chill-filtered. Available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- Proof / ABV: batch-dependent cask strength — Batch 1: 55.4% ABV, Batch 2: 55.8% ABV
- Age: 10 years — Speyside, Islay, and GlenAllachie malts
- Casks: Spanish sherry casks, wine barriques, virgin oak
- Style: peated blended malt; no added color, non-chill-filtered
- Size: 700mL
Billy Walker's "Lang May Yer Lum Reek"
"Lum reek" is the old Scots toast — long may your chimney smoke — and MacNair's revived Lum Reek as the home for the brand's premium small-batch bottlings under whisky veteran Billy Walker. For the 10-year-old cask-strength expression, Walker thought outside the GlenAllachie box, blending aged vintage malts from Speyside and Islay with the distillery's own sherry-rich spirit, then laying the marriage down in three cask styles at GlenAllachie. Batch 1 took "Best in Show" at the Las Vegas Spirits Awards in 2022. Explore more cask-strength Scotch or browse everything from MacNair's at Del Mesa.
Tasting Notes
Waves of smoke, heather honey, and ginger fuse with cinnamon, treacle, and vanilla on the nose. The palate brings lashings of dark chocolate, ginger, and citrus with smoked spices, finishing long and intense with a final wisp of smoke.
How to Enjoy
Neat at first, then with measured drops of water — at cask strength, a little water unlocks the fruit behind the smoke.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does "Lum Reek" mean?
It comes from the Scottish toast "lang may yer lum reek" — "long may your chimney smoke," wishing a long, healthy, prosperous life.
Is this a single malt?
No — it is a blended malt Scotch whisky, a marriage of Speyside, Islay, and GlenAllachie single malts.
Which batch is this bottle?
Batch 1 is 55.4% ABV and Batch 2 is 55.8% ABV — check the bottle to confirm which batch is on the shelf.
Cask-strength peat from one of whisky's great blenders — order MacNair's Lum Reek 10 Year Old from Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.