Macallan Cask Strength

Macallan Cask Strength

Well, I think it's possible the bar watered this stuff down because there was NO burn at all without water. I certainly didn't need to pour any in my glass. Nose: Sea salt caramel, vanilla bean, figs, cream sherry, spices. Palette: A sugar bomb that will explode in your mouth (unless you spit it out, which I would certainly not advise). More...

Score 88/100

Macallan Cask Strength

My relationship with “The” Macallan goes back to before my whisky journey truly began. I was gifted a bottle of the 25 YO by the husband of a patient. If I had known anything about Scotch I would probably never have accepted it (I was used to $20 bottles of Canadian rye from the LCBO that my father had bought when I was a teen). That gentleman...

Score 94/100

Macallan Cask Strength

Macallan Cask Strength is undiluted malt aged in used sherry casks. There is no age statement on the bottle. The reviewed bottle has been open for 3 months. Colour: quite dark, from the Sherry cask aging. Nose: a delicious nose of intense grapes, black cherries, and plums, sweet and strong with substantial alcohol, which I like. There is a hint...

Score 90/100

Macallan Cask Strength

Nose: Intense, immediate rich grapes, raisins, and cinnamon. This is a younger, sherry whisky indeed. 21/25 Taste: Creamy, coffee, treacle, intense raisins, cocoa, vanilla, and lovely spice. 22/25 Finish: Lingering, this one does not finish quickly, developing sweetness and fresh brewed tea. For a sherry whisky, this does deliver like a younger...

Score 86/100