Macallan Glenlivet 40 Year Old Gordon & Macphail

Macallan Rare Cask

At Macallan they describe the Rare Cask as legendary. The Malt Master only selects the very best casks fort his vatting and in their own words only 1% of all that lies in their warehouses is good enough for it. I’m not sure that is such a good marketing strategy as it sounds as if the other 99% is rubbish. Well, not exactly, but you know what I...

Score 86/100

Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak

The distillery The Macallan is a guarantee for especially smooht and complex whiskies, even if they say so themselves. I can only concur. I recently tasted three in their Fine Oak series and each and everyone was wonderful. The Fine Oak series was launched in 2004 and matured on three casks : first Spanish sherry casks, then American...

Score 77/100

Macallan SMWS 24.119

This is a review of a 26yo (1985/2012) Macallan by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society dubbed as "subtle, scented and scintillating". I never had a high opinion of anything that Macallan produced: both overpriced and overpraised whisky packaged with a charade of BS marketing. But life's too short to stick with first impressions, therefore I...

Score 86/100

Macallan 12 Double Cask

First up, apologies for the radio silence (for the two people who may have noticed). A lot's been happening since I got back from Islay last month. Mainly I'm running a 16km obstacle race in December and, thus, have no time to indulge in alcoholic activities. Most of my time has been spent running around my neighbourhood or lifting heavy objects...

Score 83/100