Chapter 11 is advertised and heavily peated, this edition came out of casks numbered 639, 640, 641 and 642 and was distilled March 2008 and bottled November 2011, so barely whisky, but there is no sho…

Distilled August 2007, aged in ASB (American Standard Barrels) numbered casks 351, 352, 353 and 354, and bottled in August 2010. This is exactly three years old, no more, no less so as near to new make…

Old gold in colour, maybe even a touch of red gold about it. I used to love this expression for its plumy fruity flavours which were fairly unique, but in recent years it’s lost that profile and become…

Full amber in colour and no suggestion of artificial colouring. Sweet sherry, burnt toffee, leather and coca on the aroma. The palate is full of rich sherry cask influences but much more than that is…

Triple distilled and matured in two woods, presumably American oak and sherry casks as the 16 year old, but without the finishing. A golden coloured dram with an appetising nose replete with juicy malt…

Triple distilled and matured in three woods, American oak, Oloroso Sherry casks and finished in port pipes. I’m sipping this malt in our newly constructed conservatory, and while the weather outside is…

This whisky comes in a triangular bottle (in cross section), and bears all the hall marks of Glenfiddich so I assume this is the same William Grants and Sons responsible for the single malt. A pale…

This whisky is a dark reddish hue giving away its sherry cask maturation. The aroma does nothing to dissuade you from this with sherry and espresso coffee very much in evidence but with more than a faint…

Aged in 100% Jerez Sherry casks, Macallan is the original sherry bomb malt whisky. Does it really stand up to scrutiny these days, and is this standard of aging necessary or even desirable given the…

I have to admit being very circumspect when the fine oak series were released by Macallan. The contrast between these malts and their previous almost exclusive use of unbroken Sherry casks is stark, they…