Tastes

It's the George T Stagg of Scotland... Leave it on your tongue and it will burn your tastebuds into a state of numb submission. You could add water but what's the point of that when there's perfectly good saliva in your mouth? Feel the burn, embrace the burn, enjoy the burn then linger in the nice sherry moment before you swallow and give the old liver a one/two... Buy it, drink it respect it.

Too sweet for me. Blah

Delicious, l was skeptical until I was recommended it by world of whisky. Very good, Less sweet then the 18, less bitey then the 21. Damn good then!

This is the real deal for a 12yo. Very nice $179 at Dan Murphy's, everyone else seems to charge $250+. At $179 I should have grabbed more than 3 but at $250+ I'd pass as there are better options. I much prefer this to the distillers version which I found too sweet. Of course drinking both of them at the same time doesn't hurt...

This is very very nice. I'd say the lagavulan distillers has the edge but hey buy both and two bag them = happiness:)

Drinking this inspired me to buy the normal rare cask. This one I loved, the standard rare cask I found insipid. This is 48% of un-chill filtered goodness. I couldn't detect the smoky/peaty taste that reviewers talk about though. I thought maybe my bottle just didn't show it but I tried it again from a different bottle in a whisky tasting with some serious tasters and no one got the smoke as such. In any case it's delicious! Two bag it with a Talisker 25 and evolve...

After reading this review I bought a bottle from the UK and had it shipped to Australia. I love Macallan normally and the rare cask black was great but this was boring as hell. Disliked it so much I even let my mother in law have some!!!!

Yes, yes yes. Worth every cent. Amazing flavour add depth. Second bottle I've bought and it won't be the last. I do notice it disappears a touch quickly though....Maybe the Bottle leaks ;)

Drank this on a session at Baxter inn Sydney. Didn't mind it at first and I like the barrel strength version but I found this one way too sweet. Long story short there's better out there. Didn't take long till I moved back to Macallan.

2 bagged this with the 18yo. I like this but to be fair the 18 feels better and is cheaper, so buy that one instead and be happy.