Macallan 8 Year Old Easter Elchies Summer Bottling

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 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Nose: strong vanilla and a whole heap of classic sherry cask notes like almonds, a little cherry, chocolatey sweetness and oranges. A very gentle saltiness and something like toasted hazelnuts. This dram is ever so slightly oily and underpinned by a delicate wood-smoke that provides great contrast. Palate: confirms the nose with vanilla, red...

Score 83/100

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 Macphail’s 10 Year Old

This bottling from Gordon & Macphail does not name a distillery, but rumour has it this is a Macallan as well. Hence I taste it in this little line-up. It is simply named Macphail’s 10 Year Old and has a wonderful golden color. It is very sweet on the nose. That is the sherry cask, of course. Oranges (peel included) in the lead, followed...

Score 84/100