Dear readers, please take a seat on that dusty pew over beside the fire and make yourselves comfortable. Prepare for an uttermost journey, one noisome in its splendour and yet leprous in its gander. A relentless journey, one full of mystery and danger that would test the willpower and fortitude of any man. Our tale […]

The next in The Macallan’s limited edition ‘Edition’ series – and one of the best whiskies of the year for one of our authors.

A new 12 year old whisky – an age statement! – from The Macallan

The first of a new range of whiskies from The Macallan – this comes without an age statement, but it’s very good.

The Macallan’s travel retail release is made the old-fashioned way – and it’s pretty good too

I’ve said before that the 1824 series from Macallan, with names such as Amber, Sienna and Ruby, sounds a bit too consciously like a line-up at a table-dancing venue for my liking. Gone are the age statements that the previous generation of marketers told us was so important on a bottle. Instead we have exotic […]

I stated in an earlier Rosebank article how generous folk in the whisky community are and how you should treat others how you would want to be treated. This dram comes from the Whisky Collector who has a tremendous bar in Dornoch, Sutherland. It is highly recommended and a place where very rare whiskies are […]

Previously I reviewed the Macallan Select Oak, which I enjoyed – so, continuing my mini-exporation of this Macallan range, I cracked open a Macallan 15 Year Old Fine Oak. Here the whisky has been matured in a combination of casks: Spanish oak ‘seasoned with sherry’; American oak that has have been ‘seasoned with sherry’; and […]

I’ve a couple of The Macallan oak whiskies on the go at the moment, and the Select Oak is first up. The Select Oak is part of the 1824 Collection, which was initially released for travel retail (but you can easily find a bottle online for around £50). It’s been put together from whisky influenced […]

“You’re not a number, you’re a whisky.” Or at least, that must have been part of the debate at Macallan HQ with Gold, as it’s one of the releases in the 1824 Series – where Macallan have abandoned the age statement, believing it’s all about the colour of the liquid in this case. The other […]