Category Archives: Macallan
Age vs. NAS round 5: Macallan Fine Oak 10 vs. Macallan Gold
At the time of tasting I didn’t know what these were of course, but it’s an interesting experiment for sure. If I would’ve gone into this tasting with knowledge of the samples, things might have been different since those Macallans … Continue reading
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Tagged 1824 series, Big Blind Tasting, Edrington, Fine Oak, Gold, Macallan, Oliver Klimek, Speyside
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Macallan 1991-2014, 23yo, 47.7% – SMWS (Northern Lights)
This fairly well aged Macallan from a refill hogshead came from my whisky buddy DSA, who sent it as a blind sample in our latest swap. He loves it, but I know Gal hates it. I think Bourbon matured Macallan … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991, Macallan, Refill Hogshead, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Speyside
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My favorite whiskies of 2014
I started doing my end-of-year lists yesterday with the music one. I love doing that since it makes me reconsider what I’m listening to for a large part of every day, and everybody else does their lists first so I get … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, Arran, Benromach, Bowmore, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Compass Box, Glen Grant, Imperial, Karuizawa, Lagavulin, Longrow, Macallan, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Springbank
Tagged Arran, Asta Morris, Benromach, Bowmore, Campbeltown, Clynelish, Compass Box, Darkness!, Devil's Casks, Feis Ile, Glen Grant, Gordon & MacPhail, Great King St., Imperial, Karuizawa, Lagavulin, Longrow, Longrow Red, Macallan, Masterpieces, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Port Cask, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Signatory, SMWS, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Wealth Solutions
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Blind Tasting Competition 1: Longmorn 17, 1996-2013, 57.5% – The Ultimate by Van Wees
So, the competition has started. As long as I’m further up the ranking than last year I’m going to quite satisfied. Let’s see what this dram is about, since there’s nothing else to talk about right now. Sniff: Old fashioned … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Longmorn, Macallan, Sherry Butt, Speyside, The Ultimate, Usquebaugh Society, Van Wees
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Macallan 15yo, Pedro Ximénez finish, 52.3% – Darkness!
Another one of those Darkness! reviews. And, let’s be forward here: my favourite of the bunch. Macallan got a lot of flack over the last couple of years, more or less since the Fine Oak series came out and their … Continue reading
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Tagged Darkness!, Free Sample, Macallan, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Speyside
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Macallan 7, released in 2004, 40% – OB for Giovinetti & Figli Import
A 7 year old Macallan I tried some years ago in Ghent, when my wife took me there as my birthday present. When in Ghent, as a whisky lover, you have to visit Bob Minnekeer’s Glengarry pub and since I … Continue reading
Macallan 1966-1999, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail Speymalt
When an offer comes along buy a sample of a dram like this at an acceptable price, there is no time for doubt. Luckily I was in time to snatch up one of these babies before they sold out at … Continue reading
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Tagged Gordon & MacPhail, Macallan, Passie voor Whisky, Speymalt, Speyside, Van der Boog
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The rest of the day in Speyside
Apart from our kick-ass tour at BenRiach distillery we spent the rest of the day driving through the countryside. I was planning on visiting Macallan and Aberlour. The latter as much for their supposedly stunning bottling as for the distillery. … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Aberlour, BenRiach, Glen Moray, Macallan, Millburn
Tagged Aberlour, BenRiach, Glen Moray, Macallan, Millburn
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Maltstock – Something Special with Master of Malt
Ben Ellefsen, aka the guy who runs Master of Malt, aka Professor Cornelius Ampleforth came over with Cat Spencer (also from Master of Malt) and Joel Harrison (from CaskStrength.net) to host this tasting of supposedly eight whiskies. Unfortunately, something went … Continue reading
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