Macallan 1993 18 Year Old Old Malt Cask #9127 Douglas Laing

Macallan Edition No.2

I started off writing a long-winded opinion piece on how I feel about Macallan. But I chose not to. There’s no point. They’re a whisky that was once known as the Rolls Royce of whiskies. Now it’s more like a Toyota Prius, if you ask me. I even had a wonderful distillery tour a few months ago where we tasted some really old, precious liquid and met...

Score 79/100

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Quite a nice dram especially for the holiday season, big bold sherry flavors and aroma's with just the slightest hint of sulfur. But its full of nutty, fruity, and candy aromas and flavors. To go with the full on candy effect the mouthfeel of the whisky is actually quite buttery. While the taste has hints of oak, nuts and toffee with a good...

Score 90/100

Macallan The Gordon & Macphail Speymalt 1966

A friend of mine gifted me both the 1966 and the 1974 Speymalts from Gordon & Macphail as a wedding present out of the 3 Speymalts that he had. As we both live in different countries, I took pity on him and decided to split the bottles so that we both could enjoy the vintages from other sides of the world. Our first tasting was actually in...

Score 95/100

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Very good whisky. I drank two fingers with a single cube of ice and let it melt. Medium-bodied, low peat and floral accents. Very "hot" and the ice cube was much needed. Slight burn to it on the palate. Not a refined as some of your 18 years but a very good whisky.

Score 85/100