Macallan 1996 16 Year Old #8815 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Macallan Fine Oak Masters Edition

For decades, Macallan was known as the distillery that matured solely on sherrycasks, because they felt this creates the best whisky. We all know that sherry casks are quite a bit more expensive than the ubiquitous bourbon casks. Their high-end sherry-matured whisky sold tremendously. So much so that they ran into trouble sourcing sherry casks,...

Score 89/100

Macallan 1990 18 Year Old Sherry Oak

Macallan is one the worlds most well known whiskies in the world with bottles of rare Macallan fetching thousands. I often wonder how much you're paying for a brand name with whisky the big names spend a fortune on advertising and this reflects on the price we as punters have to pay. This is regarded as one of finest malts in teh world and it...

Score 60/100

Macallan Cask Strength

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 like cola. On the nose we have black cherries, charred oak, Angostura bitters, buttermilk and dark cocoa. Blackberries, dates and plums. Walnut....

Score 92/100

Macallan Speymalt 1999

This is a Gordon and MacPhail Speyside Malt from Macallan and I have yet to find anyone who knows anything about it, a lonely bottle sitting on a shelf but for only £23 a gamble worth taking. On the nose it's all sherry with a hint of toffee chews and well fired toast as a back note. Although this is smooth it has a mild kick to it with malt and...

Score 80/100