Articles in the The Macallan Category
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Ok, the Gold was nice, but I was still looking for something a bit more , how shall I put it ? : Bigger. Bolder . Better. and here comes Amber and Sienna. Will they deliver?
The Macallan Amber – 1824 Series , 40% abv , £44.55 (at Master of Malt)
Amber consists of a vatting of a combination of European …
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I’ve been meaning to try the new 1824 series for some time now, and fortunately been able to score a wee sample of each. I suggest you have a look at Phil’s guest post about the launch event of this series of whiskies, where you can find some more background info. So this first one is the cheapest of all …
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This is the first Guest post from our friend Phil S. : Originally from London, Phil now lives in Israel with his family – when he doesn’t find himself on an aeroplane. Since sampling his first “proper” whisky at age 16 (it was a 12yo Strathisla), there was no turning back. Willing to try anything once, Phil is no snob …
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Two days ago The Macallan announced it would be revamping it’s basic range : Removal of 10-15 sherry oak and “Fine Oak”, and replacing them with 3 NAS expression called : Gold, Sienna and Ruby (named after their colors). You do not have to worry as the older and beloved expression 18 and up will continue to be sold as …
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Richard Barr is a member of the Whisky Israel tasting society , a blog correspondent at times, and a good whisky friend and big whisky lover. From time to time he posts his notes and adventures on our blog.
A few weeks back, I spent a couple weeks in Hong Kong for work. On this visit I didn’t spend any …
Charity, Headline, The Macallan »
One in Eight people on this planet do not have access to SAFE ,CLEAN, drinking water. That’s a fact.
Now,The Macallan in cooperation with the non-profit organisation named “charity:water” are doing something to change that. I am sure you’ve hard in the past about the Macallan Lalique 64 year old, which is auctioned and had raised $605,000 last year for that …
Featured, Headline, Highlands, SMWS, Single Cask, Tasting Notes, The Macallan, scotch »
After last month’s Whisky round table which dealt with Single Casks, I decided to taste some SMWS bottlings. I’m sure you all heard and know the SMWS, their mission, and their unique naming conventions and titles for their single cask bottlings. All bottlings by the SMWS are single casks, and some are extremely interesting. So, a Macallan with a very …
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The Macallan are running the masters of phorography campaign for a couple of years now. if you like cocktails, on top of straight whisky dramming, then you may have heard of Cheri Loughlin , known as @intoxicologist on Twitter.
Cheri has created an exclusive cocktail called ‘The Journey’ to celebrate The Macallan’s Masters of Photography competition. This cocktail embodies the theme …
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Xmas is near, and if there was a Xmas dram, this is it. It’s not new that The Macallan makes wicked sherry drams. I’ve tasted their 18 year old (1990) , their 12 and some of the FineOak (reviews coming, I know I am way way behind times).
Even that we do not celebrate Xmas here (most of us don’t anyways …
Aberlour, Dalmore, Glenmorangie, Highland Park, Highlands, Penderyn, Speyside, Tasting Notes, The Macallan, Whisky Israel Society »
A few good months passed since the Whisky Israel Peat (and others) Summit #1 we held at the end of July, and we were all very keen on having another summit, and the sooner, the better. Just like with the previous gathering, plenty of emails, phone calls, tweets and dates moving around were involved until we all were content with …
