MACALLAN
| Location : | Craigellachie - Aberlour - Banffshire - Highland - Speyside - Scotland. On a hillside overlooking the Spey with the old Easter Elchies manor now magnificently refurbished as corporate offices. |
| Region : | Highland Speyside |
| Country : | Scotland |
| Type : | Malt |
| Distillery : | The Macallan Distillers Ltd. Craigellachie, Aberlour, Banffshire, AB38 9RX Phone: 01340 871471 - Fax: 01340 871212 Audio-Visual By appointment only.: Mon-Fri: tours at 10.00, 11.00, 14.00 & 15.00 |
| Founded : | Est. 1824 The licensed distillery was founded by Alexander Reid in 1824. |
| Owner : | United Distillers |
| Producer : | ? |
| Water : | Unknown (Ringorm) - Boreholes around the area. |
| Remark : | MacAllan Scotch whisky :Some rip from www.whiskyweb.com :Until the bridge at Craigellachie was built by Thomas Telford in 1814, the ford across the Spey at Easter Elchies was one of the few on the river. It was much used by cattle drovers, and whisky distilled at the old farm distillery which preceded the licensed distillery was a popular feature of the river crossing for them. Macallan, although now a public limited company, was until recently, controlled by the successors of Roderick Kemp who purchased it in 1892. Even today they are much involved in the business. The distillery was extended in the early 1950s and again in 1959, but the demand for Macallan fillings was such that it was doubled from six to twelve stills in 1965, increased to eighteen in 1974 and to twenty-one in 1975. The stills are rather small. Some Danish comments below : |
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The Macallan, Single Highland MaltThe Macallan er en anden af de højest vurderede Malts i verden. Dette skotske "Whisky slot" ligger i Speyside, og derfor har "The Los Angeles Times" kaldt den for "The Château Margaux of Single Malts". The Macallan lagres udelukkende på sherryfade. Dette giver en unik aroma og fyldige honning og sherry noter i smagen. Findes i 12 års, 18 års og som 25 års. Visse steder finder man også vintage / årgangs whiskies. |
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| Macallan 10 years old | |
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| Age : | 10 years old. |
| Vol : | 40% | Price : | ( in Danish kr. 70cl.) :? |
| Remark : | Type : Single Highland Malt |
| The Macallan 12 years old | |
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| Age : | 12 years old. |
| Vol : | 43% | Price : | (in Danish kr. 70cl. : 379,- ) |
| Remark : | Matured in Sherry wood. Recomended as a dessert whisky or to the. |
| Color : | Dark / "Dejlig" mørk |
| Nose / Smell : | Sweet Liqure. / Mørk sød "likør" |
| Taste : | Sød lidt sprittet likør agtig. |
| After taste / Finish : | Sweet / light smoked.
Sød let røget, efter 5 sekunder kommer der en behagelig eftersmag. |
| Total Score : | 5 |
| Personal taste: | CP | GI | HT | FS | FR | Average |
| Package/Info | 5 | 6 | 5,5 | |||
| Bottle | 5 | 5 | 5,0 | |||
| Label | 2 | 3 | 2,5 | |||
| Prop ? Metal/Kork/ Wood. | 6 | 7 | 6,5 | |||
| Color | 7 | 8 | 7,5 | |||
| Nose / Smell | 4 | 4 | 4,0 | |||
| Taste | 6 | 4 | 5,0 | |||
| Finish / Aftertaste | 7 | 6 | 6,5 | |||
| Price/Quality | 4 | 4 | 4,0 |
| Macallan . 18 years old | |
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| Age : | 18 years old. |
| Vol : | ?% | Price : | ( in Danish kr. 70cl.) : 379,- |
| Remark : | Type : Single Highland Malt |
| Macallan vintage 1978 | |
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| Age : | Vintage 1978 |
| Vol : | 40% | Price : | ? |
| Remark : | From the independent bottler Gordon MacPhail |
| Macallan vintage 1990 | |
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| Age : | 9 years old. |
| Vol : | ?% | Price : | ? Found at the whisky shop in Dufftown. |
| Remark : | From the independent bottler Murray McDavid ! |
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| LINKS.......... | to official Macallan or related web pages. |
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The Macallan Distillers Ltd. The Macallan-Glenlivet Distillery Craigellachie, AB38 9RX, Scotland Tel: +44 1340 871471 - Fax: +44 1340 871212 Telegrams: "THEMACALLAN, CRAIGELLACHIE", Telex: 739556 The old Regionlink site is out of date and should be closed down. |
 | United Distillers South Africa. |
 | United Distillers Switzerland With a Click able map to distilleries |
 | United Distillers UK - Careers. |
Der var engang ovre i Skotland, at Mr. McAlan tog sin hel del yngre ven McAlder med ned på sin favoritpub, hvor han var en meget trofast tilbeder af den rødhårede tjenerpige, der stod bag disken.
Mens McAlan var midt i sin whisky, blev han nødt til at træde af på naturens vegne.
Den rødhårede skønhed, der ikke havde noget imod en flirt, smilede forførende til McAlder og kaglede:
- Nu har du chancen!
- Jeg ser det, sagde McAlder straks - og i et drag tømte han McAlan's whisky.
| Malt - 12 Years old 40% (or 57%). |
| Malt 18 Years old (or 25 Y.O) 43%. |
| Macallan Vintage |
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