Macallan Edition No. 5

Welp my least respected distillery, but people keep raving about this to me. Lets find out how disappointing this is. Nose - fruity, baking spices, vanilla, surprisingly heavy amounts of sherry given the casks used. The sherry is almost reaching into a white grape juice level of sweetness. Taste - tired casks. Oak, muted, and off. There are nice sherry notes, some good vanilla oak, but the overall combination is really awful. I mean this is legit awful. There's too much oak, it's astringent, it's bitter, drying. Welp, macallan never disappoints anymore. Every bottle is worse than the last. Makes me sad given how good their stuff used to be and how most of that has vanished from the shelves. Giving this is a 1 star. It's not bad, but there's nothing good about this. I really can't find anything nice or good to say about it, but it's drinkable, you'll be perfectly happy to have a glass of this if it's free. But beyond that...why would you not drink a good whisky? A good whisky that costs 1/10 as much.... Edit - changed my mind. The nose is actually good on this. It's just a pathetic effort to blend a good whisky.

My first NAS Macallan. Very rich and an almost silky texture. I'd happily drink more if I had the opportunity.

One of the most interesting whiskeys I’ve had in a long time. S’mores but instead of a chocolate bar I get dark chocolate. Graham cracker toasted marshmallow. Opens up into fresas con crema with strawberries cream and nuts. Then a second of a berry fruit basket. It’s complex it’s rich it’s one of my favorites.

Wonderful blend of dark fruits and spices. Adding a few drops of water tones down the spices and opens up the fruits. Macallan fans will love it . Yes, it’s a lot of money for a no-age-statement scotch (I paid $104), but if you are comfortable buying whiskies at that price point, then I say go for it you won’t be disappointed.

This would have gotten a higher score, but for the price was truly disappointing. If this had been 60-70 dollars I'd say pick up a bottle, but as the price stands I can't recommend this, and quite frankly I'm surprised this passed muster.Id much rather have Tamdhu Cask Strength at half the price or even if price was not a factor. I wanted to try a "Good McCallan and not just the 12 but for $125 I can find whisky that blows this away by a huge margin. I feel MaCallan should be ashamed of themselves and eventually are ruining their name for the normal drinkers. If I want to spend 1 to 4 K dollars I'm sure they make wonderful whiskies but their common stuff is.....well.....shite! Still in shock that I spent $125 for this mediocre dram!

부드러움, 실키, 너무 부드러워, 목넘길때 비단인줄 버번의향기 바닐라, 프루티, 등 모두 약하게 있음 여성들이 즐길 수 있을만한 48.5도 같지 않음