We return to the Speyside with this 21 years old Mortlach that was finished on a combo of PX and oloroso sherry seasoned casks. The umami, meat-like character is not too present on the nose, less than…

This Speyside malt slept for two decades on refill and freshly charred casks. Wonderfully fruity nose on melon, grass, hint of ointment (!), kiwi and quince. And a hint of green banana. Very creamy on…

This Singleton contains malt from the Dufftown distillery and matured solely on refill American oak. Nicely fresh and reminds me of spring. Lots of hay and corn flakes with apple sauce and lime, honey…

This Speysider matured on a combination of refill casks, new oak and former bourbon casks. A bit of a funny nose on acid candy, lime juice and some breakfast cereals. Suprisingly mild with some cedar…

There it is: the 6th and final expression in the Macallan Edition series. I had the privilege to taste it during an online presentation by Macallan, including the whisky but also quite a bit of explan…

The Classic Cut series was launched by Macallan in 2017 and might be considered on homage to the Macallan from an era gone by – before the launch of the Fine Oak when bourbon casks made their introduc…

The Macallan Estate – named Easter Elchies – is 485 hectares and can be found along the Spey. Master Blender Sarah Burgess was inspired by the estate to create this NAS expression, distilled from barley…

This 18 years old in the new(ish) Triple Cask Matured series from Macallan is the high end release. It matured on three types of casks: boubon casks and both American and European sherry seasoned casks…

This 15 years old Triple Cask Matured whisky from Macallan matured on American and European casks that were prepared with sherry as well as former bourbon casks. It’s the successor to the Fine Oak series…

When Macallan introduced the Fine Oak – more than a decade ago now – this caused something of an earthquake. Until then Macallan’s claim to fame was the fact that they matured exclusively on sherry oak…