The Macallan was founded in 1824 by farmer and school teacher Alexander Reid. Reid’s farmer produced barley, and what should anyone do with extra barley in the winter? Distill it of course! Distilling was only legalized in Scotland in 1824, so Macallan was among the very first legal distilleries in the land. Once the whisky has aged for a set amount of time, the master distiller tastes all barrels and determines which are fit for aging. These barrels are blended together and then either aged a little longer or bottled for production. The Macallan: Speyside Scotch or Highland Scotch? Obviously, if people are paying nearly 2 million a bottle for it, there must be something special about the way Macallan produces its scotch. The reputation for superb whisky doesn’t appear overnight. Rather, 70 years of experimentation followed by 127 years of consistency might have something to do with it! Small Stills If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, the remainder of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect. Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise.

Together with Glenlivet and Glenfiddich, Macallan makes up ? of the entire whisky market in Scotland! And in October of 2019, a 60-year bottle of The Macallan 1926 sold for 1.9 million dollars– the highest recorded sale price of any bottle of scotch. That’s proof of its reputation even today! What makes The Macallan special? Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). We’ll get into the specific tasting notes of the Macallan 12 and it’s different iterations below. But generally scotch from The Macallan distillery will be heavy on spicy sherry, rich caramel or vanilla notes, and touched with dried fruit. They are sweet and spicy.

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Much stronger vanilla and some hazelnut, followed by nutmeg and cinnamon, intensely sweet caramel The Macallan 12 Triple Cask Nose with Water Strong oak. Dried fruit: raisins, apricots, mango perhaps? A mix of butterscotch and caramel, not much spice. The Macallan 12 Sherry Cask Nose Some people assume “single malt” means the scotch is made from a single grain. Single malts are made from one grain, that assumption is true. They are made from barley exclusively. But the single refers to the distillery. The “malt” portion refers to malted barley as the sole ingredient. How is Single Malt Scotch Made? Vanilla with slight orange peel and strong cantaloupe. The oak notes hit first, but hot chili pepper isn’t far behind. Just a hint of baking spices like nutmeg.

Hot chili and cinnamon, followed by vanilla, raisin sweetness and something dark and nutty, a bit of milk chocolate, some fennel or rosemary The Macallan 12 Triple Cask PalateThe Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein. In the 1970s The Macallan distillery was one of the driving forces behind marketing of single malt scotch as a desired product. The aggressive marketing campaign had positive results, if today’s whisky stats are any indication.