Macallan Masters Decanter Series + Rare Cask

Thanks to my wife for taking the pictures. As part of the Toronto Whisky Society I was invited to take part in a Macallan Master Decanter Series tasting. While I try to keep any bias from affecting the below reviews, I am human, therefore feel free to tell me I suck multiple times. Well, it […]

Macallan Edition No .1 & Macallan Edition No .2 & Macallan Edition No .3

Thanks to /u/scotchchick & /u/distillasian & /u/smokedherring for the samples. I’ll admit that I have a bit of a sample issue. In that, I have so many samples that my diamond studded mansion has trouble housing them all. Get it? Because it’s a first world problem and I feel guilty mentioning it! What having too many samples and too much respect […]

Macallan Classic Cut

Thanks to /u/jeremyheavy for this sample. A long time ago I gave one of my highest scores to Macallan Cask Strength, aka Macallan Sherry Cask Cask Strength, aka probably some other name with an age statement that was before my time. I gave this score just as Macallan had announced they had to pull this whisky from […]

Macallan Select Oak [RE-REVIEW]

Thanks to scotchguy_to for sharing this sample! So I’m at this tasting. And if you’re ever at a tasting, with people who understand how to do tastings right, you’ll have a whisky to open up your taste buds. Which for me means something inexpensive, and typically a Speyside. And to help out my writing, I […]

The Kincardine 7

Victor Bruce was the 13th Earl of Kincardine and 9th Earl of Elgin. He was also the Viceroy and Governor General of India between 1894 and 1899. To be frank, the great Victor Alexander Bruce’s impact upon Britain, and at the time of his life, that included India, was the Elgin Commission. His Elgin Commission […]

Macallan 15 1992 Murray McDavid

Second night of tasting, second night of taking time away from the pile of Bruichladdich Port Charlotte samples that scream out all at once and then continue screaming because my tongue hasn’t shot laser beams at them yet. What, how do you taste whisky? So I sat down, and /u/devoz offered me a Macallan. Pretty nice on […]

Three Douglas Laing Double Barrel Offerings

Thanks to /u/cake_my_day for two of these samples. There are blends, blended malts, and vattings. Today we’re going to look at blended malts. Douglas Laing has an entire division devoted to the idea of taking two different whiskies from different distilleries, blending them together, and making something new. But not just two different whiskies. Two different single […]

Macallan Ruby [Scotch Review #400]

So here we are. At the end of the year. I have two more reviews, however given I’m tired out of my wits, have been through a certificate, a trip to the UK, started a new job, created a blog, kept my D&D game going, baked more than I should, and generally been really busy. […]

Macallan Amber

Happy Holidays folks. Or non folks, if you aren’t folks, filks. Or something. I don’t really know. Right now I’m trying to get my Crown before I go to Montreal for New Years. Which I’m excited about. A lot. Anyway, I’ve been interested in the 1824 series for quite a long time. At first I […]

Macallan Select Oak

Thanks to /u/Phreaky-Zee for this sample. What’s the deal with Travel Exclusives? Well… they’re made to be flashy, and it’s pretty much a dumping ground for failed experiments. Make sense? Okay, we’re done here. Oh wait, I have a review to do. Macallan Select Oak is the Travel Exclusive from those crazy people at Macallan, who […]