Tastes

Continuing my special Macallan reviews, now we go to Macallan Edition No. 2. The Edition 1 was fantastic, and this one.... it wasn't. Bottled at 42.8%abv, also discontinued and a lot more famous than the No. 1. (This one has that whole orange/red label). On the nose it was quite remarkable. Floral notes, brown sugar, Caramelized apple, Vanilla (the plant), very Herbal and Citric. On the palate it just wasn't quite right. Strong liquorice note, cinnamon in an unbalanced way, very oaky not pleasant. In spanish we have this term: "empalagoso" which i believe that in english is "cloying". Finish went the same way, too hot not pleasant. Overall, and i am been generous here, this is a 74 over 100. For a very expensive and collectable whisky like this one, you should go in other directions. Cheers!

Way inferior to the 15yo, another typical macallan profile, maybe a little boring, but gets the job done. Bottled at 40% On the nose is your typical Macallan: Dulce de leche, chocolate, herbal, twix, toffee, burnt oak and sherry. On the palate it is a little bitter but smooth. Herbal, Toffee, Clove and Ashy notes. Finish is medium with clove and some ashes. Overall this is a normal dram maybe the most standard macallan you can buy, it is cheap (around $50). My score: 78 over 100.

This one i believe is intended for the travel Retail Market. Bottled at 42.8%abv, with a beautiful Russetmusscat color. (Or just red if you like, lol) On the nose main notes i found were: Cherry Cola, Tobacco leaf, almonds and grapes. On the palate it was oaky hot, a little citrus and a little bitter too, with pepper, liquorice , caramelized apples and spent fireworks (like ashes) notes. The aftertaste is hot but in a good, bearable way. Medium finish, medium body as well. Overall this Macallan has a 79 out of a 100 for me, but it is a tricky score because it felt like more, but my rating gave me this: 19 on the nose, 21 on the palate, 19 finish and 20 in balance. Cheers.

It is not bad, but it is not great. Even the famous Macallan profile is lost in this one. On the nose you get vanilla, toffee, oranges, almonds and medicinal woods. On the palate you will find a simple, straightforward almond and oak taste, with a short finish, which overall taste is hot but not too hot, spicy but not too spicy. I believe this is a Whisky to have with friends in a not so special night, and by far is the most mediocre Macallans i have tasted so far. Having said that, there are worst whiskies, this is not bad, it is just... regular

This is a very good and delightful dram. It is not the end of the world but is very pleasant. On the nose is very weak, i only get a hint, vague, smoke, and maybe orange. On the palate is sweet at first. Cinnamon us present, almonds and then the oakyness hit, but in a delightful way. Ends spicy but pleasant. Very smooth. Lovely dram

Ok, it is ok. Actually it is a little better than ok if you havent taste any other whiskies or dont care about tasting as the "sport" we "self proclaimed connoisseurs" often do. It is bottled at 40% abv, the color is yellow (actually it is jonquiripe corn) (i totally slayed this app with that term lol), and you can see water in its borders, not too much but it is there, taking points out of this dram. On the nose is pleasant, not difficult or complex, with honey, butterscotch, butter, vanilla cream, nutty, and medicinal plants. You have to understand something, i have read that we humans percieve a range of aromas and one aroma or "note" can be 3 or 4 things for various people but really is one single note, that happens here. For me, the vanilla cream, butterscotch, butter, and honey is the same note that tricks my brain into percieving 4 diferent things, but actually that is one note. I think i read this somewhere and now i know what they (the writer) was talking about. It might sound to you that the nose should be awesome but it really is fair. nice notes but nothing too breathtaking. On the palate is more interesting, starts sweet with honey and caramel notes, to change into this FINE WOOD flavor. Actually the name of this whisky is Fine Oak, and that is exactly how it feels, as tasting some new, young, piece of wood, my brain tells me (strangely) that this feels as if my new furniture with its new colors has become whisky. Excuse me for my crazyness when describing but i believe that is the true intention of writing this reviews, to tell you what this whisky makes me feel or remember. While getting the fine wood note, you will feel the trademark spicyness from The Macallan. Macallan can be easily detected by any Macallan drinker in a blindfolded tasting, because its spicy flavor is very characteristic. The finish is long and for the first time i felt a whisky which is mouth watering. it is better on the palate than on the nose, i believe the weakest part is that it is light bodied, and actually is too easy to drink, very smooth, makes it not too appealing. Overall it is a better whisky than most 10 year old ones, and the brand name is always elegant so give it a try.

The cheapest blend in the loch lomond range is actually a very drinkable whisky, with easy tasting notes without a hard alcohol note. Bottled at 40%abv, burnished gold color On the nose, honey, vanilla crest, apples. On the palate, honey, cinnamon, ashes. Aftertaste is medium long, a little herbal. Not much to say here, for the price, it is a good offer, not for critics but for drinkers. 65/100.

A rather unknown Island whisky, not only i haven't heard of it before last night, it is so unknown that not even my 3 whisky apps have any reviews of it. Bottled at 46% it has a very reddish color. On the nose, the alcohol note is way to strong not letting any other notes to appear. My nose has trained itself not to perceive the alcohol notes in a whisky but this one was very powerful not letting me smell anything else than alcohol. I decided inmediately to add a couple drops of water to it and let it sit for some minutes. a very very very stinky peat appeared, with hints of chocolate and nuts, like a snickers. On the palate is most interesting, i got caramel, a gentle spicyness, Marzapan, toasted bread and cardbox. the finish is medium with also a medium body, filled with peat in an elegant way. Overall it is a different experience, the nose is the worst part, losing points there. The palate is very interesting with non traditional notes.

I think i had high hopes on this one, but i did not have any real reason for those high hopes. This is a whisky that tries to look like an Islay/Island Whisky without achieving the great level of this two scotland regions. Actually it comes from an Island called Mull, and this is the peaty expression of Tobermory. Bottled at 46.3% abv. On the nose it is good. Its peat is exactly like ardbeg or kilchoman. Burnt cake crest, Grapes. Artificial flavor. On the palate, everything goes south. Oak, Pepper; Oily, maybe too much. Tobbacco and a cheap butterscotch. Finish is kind of winey and hot. Overall it seems like this one lacks some balance and a better palate. Overall i give this dram a fair 72 over 100.

A nice story. That is what this dram has. This is a 4.0 because of my scoring system but it surely feels like a 3.5. Well, "Larceny" is an english term for a non violent steal, and has a lock and a key on the bottle, next to John E. Fitzgerald name. Apparently, Heaven Hill discovered that John E. Fitzgerald wasn't a distiller but really a bonded treasury agent, who had the keys to a distillery. The myth says that he entered at night to the distillery and drank from the best casks. But this great story is not all. This Larceny Bourbon is a "wheated" bourbon. That means that it has 51% at least of corn whiskey and the rest is wheat whiskey, not having any rye on it. Well, bottled at 46%abv, tawny color. On the nose, lots of aromas, but not quite spectacular. Typical bourbon aroma but more herbal. Banana very dim not as protagonist as in other bourbons. Brown sugar, Caramel, Herbal vanilla note; Spicy but not a traditional spice: a rare more herbal cinnamon. After 5 minutes it opens to vanilla ice cream and dry cake. On the palate, it doesn't deliver the promise you get on the nose. Bitter dry fruits: Its like prunes but bitter, I don't know how to explain it. Nice body but too bitter, little spicy - ginger; There is some wood influence but is clearly too young. Tobbacco and bitter coffee beans. Finish has a wet raw rice note, very long. Overall this is interesting, might make a great mixer due to its bitterness. I give it a 80 over 100, getting exactly to the 4.0 score, eventhough it feels like a 75 over 100.