Macallan reviews

I deplore the fact that I missed Edition No 1, but No 2 and 3 are in front of me right now, so let me try those H2H. Edition No 2 is a collaboration between Macallan’s Bob Delgarno and the three Spanish…

The Macallan Rare Cask is composed with no less than 16 sherry cask types and soon was labeled ‘legendary’. Macallan claims about 1% of their stocks are all that is worthy of being used in this Rare Cask…

A couple of years ago, Macallan put its Fine Oak series in new livery, the so-called Pillar Series, where the box refers to one of the 6 pillars on which Macallan prides itself: 1) the spiritual home,…

Macallan Fine Oak 15 YearsColour: straw yellow.Nose: Wild flowers, quite noble, lots of oak spices. Palate: starts smooth and sweet like thinned maple syrup but that turns woody, green and piney but all…

I started off writing a long-winded opinion piece on how I feel about Macallan. But I chose not to. There’s no point. They’re a whisky that was once known as the Rolls Royce of whiskies. Now it’s more…

A sample of this NAS cask strength Macallan (at 60.1% ABV) was part of a very generous birthday gift from @paddockjudge.The colour is one of the deepest and reddest I have ever seen in a whisky - almost…

I'm spending my Sunday afternoon reviewing two Macallans (though really tasting three). The first is a newer product called the Double Cask 12 Year Old, which is a combination of whiskies matured in both…

This one is a mini of the 10 year old (which was launched in 1978, though I don't think they make anymore?) I don't know when this one was bottled.The colour is a medium copper (quite a bit darker than…

I've come across some young Macallans through my Scotch Whisky Auction shopping, so let's compare two of them: A G&M 2005 9 year old Speymalt, and a mini of the standard 10 year old. Let's start with the…

Macallan 12 YO. It's hard to believe I've had the 25 but I can't remember ever having tried the 12. It's long gone in Ontario, and I haven't seen it anywhere else in Canada. But what does a cask str…