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Macallan Amber 1824 Series
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
April 13, 2018 (edited August 28, 2018)
Ding, ding. The bell sounds for the WWWC (whisky welterweight championship) title. In the left corner we have the maple leaf champ Canadian club 20 year and in the right Scotlands finest - Macallan Amber. Whatya say Jim Murray whose gunna take it? Canadian Club you reckon? Hmm with JMs track reckon its not looking good for the Canuk if he's getting paid to promote...i mean honestly is giving his opinion. But as we know the ref is severely biased against all things Macallan.. Its a tough one. Macallan comes out smooth and strong. Left - candied oranges, vanilla - and then the right - toffee, caramel...not a devastatingly complex combo but it's more than enough for CCs weak kneed insipid sweetness. MA goes the round but CC gets dragged out of the ring and dumped unceremoniously down the sink by the waitress. The ref for once is impressed given Macallans share of the fight purse actually matches his ability this time round at $70 a bottle. 3.5 - 3.75 rounding to a 4 for the three initials usually never associated with the word Macallan...VFM. Sadly once his promoter hears those three letters he drops MA like a hot potato as he doesn't want to devalue his brand...
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Great review- I just picked up a bottle of this and I’m going to put together a set of the 1824 Colour Series. Since these are discontinued hopefully they’ll go up a bit in value every year.